Questions and Answers (Sham 69 song)

1979 single by Sham 69

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"Questions and Answers"

Single by Sham 69
from the album  The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
B-side|

* "Gotta Survive (live)"
* "With a Little Help from My Friends[1]

Released| 16 March 1979
Recorded| February 1979
Genre| Punk rock, Oi!
Length| 3:14 (album version)
3:18 (7" single edit)
Label| Polydor (POSP 27)
Songwriter(s)| Jimmy Pursey, Dave Guy Parsons
Producer(s)| Peter Wilson, Jimmy Pursey
Sham 69 singles chronology
| "'Hurry Up Harry'"
(1978)  | "Questions and Answers"
(1979)  | "'Hersham Boys'"
(1979)

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"Questions and Answers" is a song by Sham 69 released in 1979 from their third studio album The Adventures of the Hersham Boys. It reached number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart. The song also featured with live and compilation albums including The First, the Best and the Last in 1980, Live and Loud!! in 1987, The Complete Sham 69 Live in 1989, Live at the Roxy Club in 1990, The Punk Singles Collection 1977-80 in 1998. The B-side tracks "Gotta Survive (live)" and The Beatles' cover version "With a Little Help from My Friends" appears on this single. The song "Questions and Answers" was written and produced by frontman Jimmy Pursey and guitarist Dave Parsons of Sham 69, and Peter Wilson.

## Reception

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Smash Hits said, "Ironic that just when Jimmy Pursey and his mates decide to disband they come out with one of their strongest ever records. Good forthright songs that typify Pursey's own character, and the band have seldom sounded fitter."[2]

## Track listing

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Side one

1. "Questions and Answers" - 3:14

Side two

1. "Gotta Survive (live)" - 1:31
2. "With a Little Help from My Friends" - 2:36 (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)

## References

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1. ^ "Sham 69 - Questions and Answers (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
2. ^ Cliff White (5 April 1979). "Singles". Smash Hits. No. 9.

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Sham 69

* Jimmy Pursey
* Dave Parsons
* Dave Tregunna
* Mark McGowan

* Tim V.
* Neil Harris
* Tony Feedback
* Al Campbell
* Ian Whitefield
* John Goode
* Albie Slider
* Billy Bostik
* Mark Cain
* Ricky Goldstein
* Andy Prince
* Sonny Boy Williamson
* Mat Sargent
* Rob "Zee" Jefferson

Studio albums|

* Tell Us the Truth
* That's Life
* The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
* The Game
* Volunteer
* Information Libre
* Soapy Water and Mister Marmalade
* The A Files
* Direct Action: Day 21
* Hollywood Hero / Western Culture
* Who Killed Joe Public
* Their Finest Hour
* It'll End in Tears

Live albums|

* Live and Loud!!
* Live and Loud!! Volume 2
* The Complete Sham 69 Live
* Shams Last Stand
* Live at the Roxy Club
* BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
* The Best of & Rest of Sham 69 Live
* Live in Japan
* Live in Italy
* Live at CBGB's
* Green Eggs & Sham
* Greatest Hits Live
* At the BBC

Compilation albums|

* The First, the Best and the Last
* Kings & Queens
* The Punk Singles Collection 1977-80

Singles|

* "I Don't Wanna"
* "Borstal Breakout"
* "Angels with Dirty Faces"
* "If the Kids Are United"
* "Hurry Up Harry"
* "Questions and Answers
* "Hersham Boys"
* "You're a Better Man Than I"
* "Tell the Children"
* "Hurry Up England"

Related articles|

* Sham Pistols
* Stuart Epps
* The Lords of the New Church

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