Amusement (song)

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1981 single by Hüsker Dü

"Amusement"

Single by Hüsker Dü
A-side| "Statues"
Released| January 1981
Recorded| October 1980
Venue| Duffy's, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre| Punk rock, post-punk
Length| 4:19
Label| Reflex Records
Songwriter(s)| Bob Mould
Producer(s)| Hüsker Dü
Hüsker Dü singles chronology
|  | "Amusement"
(1981)  | "In a Free Land"
(1982)

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"Amusement" is a song by Hüsker Dü released as a single in 1981.[1] It was the band's first single, b/w the song "Statues."[2] This release finds the band in a period where its music was drifting from punk to post-punk. The single's pressing was limited to 2,000 copies upon its release. The two tracks appear on the Everything Falls Apart and More CD.

In 2013, the Numero Group reissued the single with the studio outtakes "Writer's Cramp" and "Let's Go Die" as a 7" pairing in a gatefold jacket. The studio recordings are remastered from a first-generation sub-master, while "Amusement" is from the original live board tape. The cover features drummer Grant Hart's original Fake Name Graphx artwork.[3]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Statues"| Grant Hart| 4:14
2.| "Amusement"| Bob Mould| 4:19

### 2013 reissue track listing

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Disc 1No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Statues"| Hart| 4:29
2.| "Amusement"| Mould| 4:19

Disc 2No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Writers Cramp"| Mould| 2:39
2.| "Let’s Go Die"| Greg Norton| 1:55

Notes[4]

* "Statues", "Writers Cramp" and "Let’s Go Die" were recorded at Blackberry Way, Minneapolis, August 1980
* "Amusement" was recorded live at Duffy's, Minneapolis, October 1980

## Personnel

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Adapted from the liner notes of Everything Falls Apart and More.[4]

Hüsker Dü

* Bob Mould – guitar, vocals,
* Grant Hart – drums, vocals
* Greg Norton – bass, vocals

Technical

* Hüsker Dü – producer (all tracks)
* Colin Mansfield – producer ("Statues", "Writers Cramp", "Let’s Go Die"), engineer ("Amusement")
* Steve Fjelstad – engineer (all tracks)
* Terry Katzman – recorded by ("Amusement")
* Fake Name Graphx – artwork

## References

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1. ^ "Husker Du Discography > Husker Du - Discography".
2. ^ "Husker Du Statues Amusement > Husker Du - Statues Amusement".
3. ^ "Amusement +3". The Numero Group. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
4. ^ a b Everything Falls Apart and More (CD). Hüsker Dü. Rhino. 1993. R2 71163.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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Hüsker Dü

* Grant Hart
* Bob Mould
* Greg Norton

Studio albums|

* Everything Falls Apart
* Zen Arcade
* New Day Rising
* Flip Your Wig
* Candy Apple Grey
* Warehouse: Songs and Stories

Extended plays|

* Metal Circus
* Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
* Sorry Somehow
* Ice Cold Ice

Live albums|

* Land Speed Record
* The Living End

Singles|

* "Statues"
* "In A Free Land"
* "Eight Miles High"
* "Celebrated Summer"
* "Makes No Sense At All"
* "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely"
* "Sorry Somehow"
* "Could You Be The One?"
* "She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man)"
* "Ice Cold Ice"

Other songs|

* "Diane"
* "Turn On The News"
* "Pink Turns To Blue"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Sugar
* Reflex Records

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