Rubber Bullets

Rubber Bullets

"Rubber Bullets" was a popular song by 10cc from their debut album.

Written and produced by Kevin Godley, Lol Creme and Graham Gouldman and produced by 10cc, "Rubber Bullets" was the band's first number one single in the United Kingdom, spending a single week at the top in June 1973. It fared less well in the USA where it peaked at #73. A tongue in cheek homage to "Jailhouse Rock", it attracted some controversy at the time because of the British Army's use of rubber bullets to quell rioting in Northern Ireland.

In a BBC Radio Wales [http://www.the10ccfanclub.com/htm/esiwts.htm interview] , guitarist Eric Stewart explained:

"Rubber Bullets" was used as the theme song to the pilot episode of American animated TV series Superjail, which aired in May 2007.


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