I Want to See the Light/Coboloid Race

Infobox Single
Name = I Want to See the Light/Coboloid Race


Artist = Rational Youth
from Album = Cold War Night Life
B-side =
Released = October 1981
Format = 12"
Recorded = July 1981
Genre = Synthpop
Length =
Label = Yul Records
Writer = Tracy Howe
Bill Vorn
Producer = Pyer Desrochers
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single =
This single = "I Want to See the Light/Coboloid Race"
(1981)
Next single = "Cité Phosphore"
(1982)

"I Want to See the Light/Coboloid Race" is the debut single by Rational Youth, released as a double A-side 12" single in October 1981.

The two main tracks were re-released as bonus tracks on the 1997 CD of "Cold War Night Life", and as a CD single in 2000, as part of the "Early Singles" box set. All CD releases use Tracy Howe's 1997 edit of "I Want to See the Light", which cuts some repetitive parts. (The instrumental version "Light Instrumental" has never been re-issued.)

"Coboloid Race" was remixed by Bill Vorn in 1998 for the "3 Remixes For The New Cold War" EP.

Track listing

#"I Want to See the Light" (Tracy Howe) - 4:23
#"Coboloid Race" (Bill Vorn) - 5:21
#"Light instrumental" (Howe) - 4:23

Personnel

* Tracy Howe - vocals, synthesizers
* Bill Vorn - synthesizers, programming
* Mario Spezza - synthesizers