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Released on Repertoire Records, also Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Fire Brigade (The Move) and You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Lou Rawls)
Written by Ian Dury, also Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Wake Up and Make Love With Me (Ian Dury) and Sweet Gene Vincent (Ian Dury)
Part of Do It Yourself, also Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Inbetweenies and There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards
Written by Mick Gallagher, also The Magnificent Seven (The Clash), All Night Long (Peter Frampton) and Poo‐Poo in the Prawn (Ian Dury)
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- Written by
- Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher
- Part of
- Do It Yourself
- Released on
- Repertoire Records
- Written by
- Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher
- Part of
- Do It Yourself
- Released on
- Repertoire Records
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Same writer: Ian Dury
Same writer: Mick Gallagher
Same writer: Ian Dury
Same writer: Mick Gallagher
Same label: Repertoire Records
Same release: Do It Yourself
Same writer: Ian Dury
Same writer: Mick Gallagher
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1MusicBrainz I Want to Be Straight was written by Ian Dury
I Want to Be Straight was written by Ian Dury
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz I Want to Be Straight was written by Mick Gallagher
I Want to Be Straight was written by Mick Gallagher
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz I Want to Be Straight is part of the release Do It Yourself
I Want to Be Straight is part of the release Do It Yourself
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Repertoire Records is the label of the song I Want to Be Straight
Repertoire Records is the label of the song I Want to Be Straight
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz I Want to Be Straight was released on 1980-08-22
I Want to Be Straight was released on 1980-08-22
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026