jackyl sang the song we're an american band in 2013.
jackyl sang the song we're an american band in 2013.
who sang the song we're an american band in 2013?
jackyl
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nash the slash suspended his independent releases when he signed with quality records to release "american band-ages" – quality records sv-2132, 1984, reissued on mca records in 1986. the album consists entirely of cover versions of american rock classics, including "we're an american band" by grand funk railroad from 1973 (wherein nash sings ""i'm" an american band", a further irony being that nash is really canadian), and the theme music for "american bandstand" (officially titled "bandstand boogie"), both of which are referenced by the album title. another song on the album, "1984" originally by spirit in 1970, was issued as a single in several forms, including a 7-inch single: "1984 (radio edit)" (3:40) / "1984 (album version)" (5:35) – quality records q-2442x, and a 12-inch 33 rpm single: "1984 (west side radio version)" (6:10) / "1984 (east side dance version)" (7:10) – quality records qdc-301. regarding the "album version", the song actually appears on the album twice, as "1984 (west side version)" (5:35) and "1984 (dance version)" (6:35), the latter followed by a short 0:35 cover version of creedence clearwater revival's "run through the jungle" which also appears uncredited on the 12-inch dance version, and accounts for its longer run time of 7:10. (therefore, the b-sides of these two singles are the same as the two album versions, while the a-sides are different.) "west side" and "east side" are marked on the 12-inch single's labels in place of side numbers, and not as parts of the subtitles, but the subtitle of the first album version suggests they were intended as parts of the subtitles, as shown (ambiguously) on the 12-inch single's back cover. additional versions of the single were issued, including "1984" / "1984 (instrumental)", and the promo-only "1984 (radio mix)" / "1984 (radio remix)". there is also a promo ep titled "radio sampler: 4 external cuts only" which actually contains six alternate tracks: "who do you dub? (who do you love?) (extended club dub mix)" (covering bo diddley from 1956), "psychotic reaction (good-bye jody, good-bye john)" (covering count five from 1966, though the subtitle seems to reference supertramp's "goodbye stranger" from 1979; the album version of this track includes dialogue recreating john hinckley, jr.'s communications to jody foster leading up to his historic assassination attempt, but does not musically reference the supertramp song; it's not certain if the promo version does or not), "psychotic reaction (slight return)" (the subtitle referencing "voodoo child (slight return)" by jimi hendrix from 1968), "american bandstand boogie", "american band (party animal remaster)", and "who do you dub? (instrumental)". further singles from the album were issued: "american band" / "american bandstand boogie", and "born to be wild" (covering steppenwolf from 1968) / "who do you dub?" – quality records q-2453x.
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