Amateur Hour

Amateur Hour

Infobox Single
Name = Amateur Hour


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Artist = Sparks
Album = Kimono My House
B-side = Lost & Found
Released = 1974
Format = 7", 45rpm
Recorded = 1974
Genre = Rock, Glam rock, Chamber pop
Length = 3:37
Label = Island Records
Writer = Ron Mael
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us"
(1974)
This single = "Amateur Hour"
(1974)
Next single = "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth"
(1974)
"Amateur Hour" is a song by Sparks. It was released as the second single from the album "Kimono My House". A rerecording was produced in 1997 for the retrospective "Plagiarism" album. This new version was given a complete electronic synthpop overhaul and was performed with Erasure.

Track listing

# "Amateur Hour" — 3:37
# "Lost & Found" — 3:21

Personnel

*Russell Mael - vocals
*Ron Mael - keyboards
*Martin Gordon - bass
*Adrian Fisher - guitar
*Norman "Dinky" Diamond - drums

Chart positions


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