Written by guitarist and lead vocalist Peter Perrett, "Another Girl, Another Planet" is as good as it got for The Only Ones. Running 3:02, this uptempo number was the second track on their eponymous debut album. It was released twice as a single in 1978, both times on the CBS label. The first time it was backed by "Special View", the second by "My Wife Says."
Although the song originally failed to chart, it has been re-released and covered more than once, and is surprisingly well known, although few would go as far as Andy Claps who in reviewing it for Allmusic said it is "that rare confluence of lyrical, instrumental, and vocal poetry that is so complete, so absolute, that it renders everything else - in, on, above, below, and around it - irrelevant while it plays." The song did eventually chart after being re-released in 1992, peaking at #57 in the UK.
The Only Ones split in 1982 after being dropped by their label. They reformed in 2007 as a result of this song being used in a Vodafone advertising campaign.
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