The Commercial Single

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1980 EP by The Residents

The Commercial Single

EP by

The Residents

Released| 1980
Genre| Avant-Garde
Length| 8:00
Label| PRE Records

The Commercial Single was released to promote The Commercial Album by the Residents. It was released only in the United Kingdom and, despite being called a single, included eight songs: six songs from the album and two (unlisted) bonus tracks, all clocking in at one minute. In France, Celluloid Records issued only the two hidden tracks, correctly titled, as an independent single.

## Track listing[edit]

### Side A[edit]

1. Amber
2. Red Rider
3. Picnic Boy
4. Shut Up Shut Up (hidden)

### Side B[edit]

1. When We Were Young
2. Phantom
3. Moisture
4. And I Was Alone (hidden)

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The Residents

Studio albums|

* Meet the Residents
* The Third Reich 'n Roll
* Fingerprince
* Not Available
* Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen
* Eskimo
* Commercial Album
* Mark of the Mole
* The Tunes of Two Cities
* Title in Limbo
* George & James
* The Big Bubble
* Stars & Hank Forever
* God in Three Persons
* Buckaroo Blues
* The King & Eye
* Freak Show
* Our Finest Flowers
* Gingerbread Man
* Have a Bad Day
* Wormwood
* Demons Dance Alone
* 12 Days of Brumalia
* Animal Lover
* Tweedles
* The Voice of Midnight
* The Bunny Boy
* The Ughs!
* Lonely Teenager
* Coochie Brake
* The Ghost of Hope
* Intruders
* Metal, Meat & Bone

Soundtracks|

* Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats?
* The Census Taker
* Hunters

Singles and extended plays|

* Santa Dog
* "Satisfaction"
* "The Beatles Play the Residents and the Residents Play the Beatles"
* Duck Stab!
* "Santa Dog '78"
* Babyfingers
* Diskomo
* The Commercial Single
* Intermission: Extraneous Music from the Residents' Mole Show
* "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
* "Kaw-Liga"
* For Elsie
* "Hit the Road Jack"
* The Snakey Wake
* "Santa Dog 88"
* "Don't Be Cruel"
* Prelude to "The Teds"
* Pollex Christi

Live albums|

* The Mole Show Live at the Roxy
* The 13th Anniversary Show Live in the U.S.A.
* Cube E: Live in Holland
* Live at the Fillmore
* Roadworms: The Berlin Sessions
* Wormwood Live

Compilations|

* The Residents Radio Special
* Residue of the Residents
* Assorted Secrets
* Liver Music
* Residue Deux
* Refused
* Dot.Com

Videos and films|

* Twenty Twisted Questions
* Icky Flix
* Eskimo

CD-ROMs|

* Freak Show
* Gingerbread Man
* Bad Day on the Midway

Remix albums|

* WB: RMX
* The King & Eye: RMX

Demo albums|

* The Warner Bros. Album
* Baby Sex

Related articles|

* Ralph Records
* Hardy Fox
* Snakefinger
* Vileness Fats
* Graeme Whifler
* Renaldo and the Loaf

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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