Dozen Girls

"Dozen Girls" is a single by the Damned, released 17 September 1982 on Bronze Records.

"Dozen Girls"
Single by The Damned
from the album Strawberries
B-side	"Take That" "Mine's a Large One Landlord" "Torture Me"
Released	17 September 1982
Recorded	Rockfield Studios, Wales 1982
Genre	Punk rock
Length	4:21
Label	Bronze BRO 156
Songwriter(s)	Scabies, Sensible, Vanian
Producer(s)	The Damned, Hugh Jones
The Damned singles chronology
"Lovely Money" (1982) "Dozen Girls" (1982) "Generals" (1982)

After the experiment of "Lovely Money", the song returned the band to slightly more familiar territory, but failed to chart. The album version released on Strawberries was slightly different from the single version, with the play-out featuring a roll call of a dozen girls replaced by the repeated line "He's alright and he don't care, he's got thermal underwear". Some pressings of the single credited Billy Karloff as a co-writer of "Dozen Girls".

The single was also issued in Bolivia by Philips Records, with "Bad Time for Bonzo" on the B-side.

The song "Torture Me", which appeared on the single, is about the ethics of eating meat. It was composed and performed by Captain Sensible, who was a vegetarian at the time.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Scabies, Sensible, Vanian.

1. "Dozen Girls" - 4:21
2. "Take That" - 2:48
3. "Mine's a Large One Landlord" - 1:16
4. "Torture Me" - 1:26

Production credits

Producers

• The Damned
• Hugh Jones on "Dozen Girls" and "Take That"

Musicians

• Dave Vanian − vocals
• Captain Sensible − guitar, vocals on "Take That" and "Torture Me", keyboards
• Rat Scabies − drums
• Paul Gray − bass

References

1. "Damned : "Torture Me"". La Terre d'abord ! (in French). 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics