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29: 205:"You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)" was one of only two singles released by the Undertones not to be included on any of their albums at the time of their original release (the other single being " 361: 239:, when John O'Neill first demonstrated this song to his bandmates, "our jaws dropped to the ground. It was brilliant". The band first played the song live at Oscar's Disco in 206: 259:
font upon the front sleeve. The rear of the sleeve is plain white with a die-cut centre displaying the label of the vinyl single. No text is displayed upon the
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of the label, which instead depicts a combination of an image of the band members taken by photographer
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The song was the fifth single released by the Undertones. According to bassist
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in the late summer of 1979, prior to its release as a single.
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The artwork for the single sleeve depicts the record's
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Index


Single
The Undertones
Hypnotised
Genre
Punk rock
Label
Sire Records
Songwriter(s)
John O'Neill
The Undertones
Here Comes the Summer
My Perfect Cousin
punk rock
Northern Irish
the Undertones
John O'Neill
Top of the Pops
Beautiful Friend
bonus track
Hypnotised
Castle Music
eponymous debut LP
Michael Bradley
Derry
Sire
sans-serif
A-side
Jill Furmanovsky
Manny Freiser

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