Controversial Subject

Controversial Subject
"Controversial Subject"
Single by The The
B-side "Black and White"
Released August 1980
Format 7" Vinyl
Recorded 1980
Genre Electronic
Rock
Length 2:50
Label 4AD
Writer(s) Matt Johnson & Keith Laws
Producer Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis
The The singles chronology
- "Controversial Subject"
(1980)		 "Cold Spell Ahead"
(1981)

"Controversial Subject" is the debut single released The The. It was released in August 1980 under 4AD Records.

Track listing

7" Vinyl - 4AD AD 10

  1. "Controversial Subject" – 2:50
  2. "Black and White" – 3:24

References

v · The The
Matt Johnson
Keith Laws · Tom Johnston · Peter Ashworth · Colin Lloyd Tucker · Simon Fisher Turner · Zeke Manyika · David Palmer · Johnny Marr · James Eller · D.C. Collard · Jim Fitting · Keith Joyner · Jared Nickerson · Gail Ann Dorsey · Brian McLeod · Spencer Campbell · Earl Harvin · Eric Schermerhorn
Studio albums
Unreleased/limited edition albums
See Without Being Seen · Spirits · The Pornography of Despair · Silent Tongue · Gun Sluts · Film Music · The End of the Day
Compilation albums
Solitude · 45 RPM: The Singles of The The · London Town Box Set
Singles
"Controversial Subject" · "Cold Spell Ahead" · "Uncertain Smile" · "Perfect" · "This Is the Day" · "Uncertain Smile" (updated version) · "Sweet Bird of Truth" · "Heartland" · "Infected" · "Slow Train to Dawn" · "The Beat(en) Generation" · "Gravitate to Me" · "Armageddon Days are Here (Again)" · "Jealous of Youth" · "Dogs of Lust" · "Slow Emotion Replay" · "Love Is Stronger than Death" · "I Saw the Light" · "Shrunken Man" · "Mrs. Mac"
Extended plays
Shades of Blue · Dis-Infected
Films
Infected: The Movie · The The vs. The World · From Dusk 'Til Dawn
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