Gigolo (The Damned song)

Infobox Single
Name = Gigolo


Artist = The Damned
from Album = Anything
B-side = "The Portrait"
Released = January 23, 1987
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:59
Label = MCA GRIM 6
Producer = Jon Kelly
Chart position = * #29 U.K.
Last single = "Anything"
(1986)
This single = "Gigolo"
(1987)
Next single = "Alone Again Or"
(1987)

Gigolo was a single released by The Damned in 1987.

The single was released with a bewildering array of 7" variants - copies were pressed on standard black vinyl, green vinyl, blue vinyl, red vinyl and yellow vinyl, and the coloured versions also included a poster sleeve. "Gigolo" was substantially edited from the album version, with around two minutes of the introduction excised for single release. A promotional clip directed by Gerard de Thame helped the single reach #29.

MCA also issued the single in Australia, Germany, Italy and Spain.

The b-side instrumental track "The Portrait" was used in the episode "A Womb With a View" of the television series Moonlighting

Track listing

# "Gigolo" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 3:59
# "The Portrait" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 3:50

Bonus Track on 12" single:

# "The Portrait (Extended Version)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)

Production credits

* Producer:
** Jon Kelly

* Musicians:
** Dave Vanian: Vocals
** Roman Jugg: Guitar
** Rat Scabies: Drums
** Bryn Merrick: Bass