Whip It
	Produced by DEVO in association with Robert Margouleff
	Released on August 1980
	US CHART POSITION #14 (charted Aug. 30, 1980 for 25 weeks) . . . GOLD RECORD (12/12/80) . . . UK CHART POSITION #51
	Find it at GEMM
WBS49550 wo. picture sleeve [high resolution scan]

I wince every time I see VH1 trot out its One-Hit Wonders show, knowing that Devo’s name is on the roll call. Or maybe it’s because William Shatner is out of uniform. If this is how most people remember Devo, then we’re doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. You can’t fault the video or the song, since both are in line with Devo’s A/V revolution. However, the two seem to speak to different songs: the audio component conjures positive thinking taken to a primitive conclusion, while the video is a misogynistic nightmare. The single sold over 500,000 copies in the US alone, and I doubt all but a handful of them fell into knowledgeable hands. The B side is “Turn Around,” a nonalbum track that admonishes us to step outside and take a good look at ourselves. It’s no better than the filler on Freedom, so don’t get your hopes up. For more on "Whip It," visit Songfacts.

GWB 0400 wo. picture sleeve

TRACK LISTING

US 7-inch single

1. WHIP IT    (Mark Mothersbaugh/Gerald V. Casale)    2:37
2. TURN AROUND    (Mark Mothersbaugh/Gerald V. Casale)    2:10
   
   UK/GER 7-inch single
   
1. WHIP IT
2. SNOWBALL
   
   UK 12-inch single
   
1. WHIP IT
2. SNOWBALL
3. GATES OF STEEL
   
   CAN 7-inch single
   
1. WHIP IT
2. FREEDOM OF CHOICE
   
   Back To Back Hits reissue
   
1. WHIP IT    (Mark Mothersbaugh/Gerald V. Casale)    2:37
2. GIRL U WANT    (Mark Mothersbaugh/Gerald V. Casale)    2:56

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