Jet Boy, Jet Girl

"Jet Boy Jet Girl"
Single by Elton Motello
from the album Victim of Time
A-side	"Pogo Pogo"
Released	October 1977
Genre	Punk rock, pop punk
Label	EMI-Bovema/NEGRAM, Lightnin, Vogue; Edge
Songwriter(s)	Alan Ward
Producer(s)	Alan Ward
Elton Motello singles chronology

"Jet Boy, Jet Girl" is a song by Elton Motello about a 15-year-old boy's sexual relationship with an older man, who then rejects him for a girl.

Composition

"Jet Boy, Jet Girl" has the same backing track as Plastic Bertrand/Lou Deprijck's "Ça plane pour moi". A few months before the vocals for "Ça plane pour moi" were recorded, the record firm used the same backing track with the same musicians to release "Jet Boy, Jet Girl".[1] Alan Ward recorded his song in English.

Lyrics and controversy

In 1989, the American Federal Communications Commission (FCC), acting on a complaint from activist Jack Thompson fined radio station WIOD $10,000 for allowing talk host Neil Rogers to play the song. Thompson considered the song obscene and the FCC agreed with him.[2]

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	33

Personnel

Elton Motello

Alan Ward/Alan Timms – vocals
Jet Staxx/Mike Butcher – guitar
John Valke – bass
Bob Dartch – drums

Cover versions

The song has been covered by numerous bands, including The Damned, FIDLAR, Captain Sensible & the Softies, Chron Gen, the Bamboo Kids, the pUKEs, and Crocodiles. The New York City female punk rock band The Breaking Sounds covers the song as well the lyrics being sung in both Finnish and English. The original version received renewed attention when it was included on John Waters' 2007 compilation CD A Date with John Waters. Canadian recording artist and drag queen Mina Mercury also recorded the song in 2019.

References

"Interview: Alan Ward and Mike Butcher". Attacking the Beat. March 2, 2009.
"FCC Record, Volume 6, No. 13 Pages 3571 to 4108, June 17 - June 28, 1991". University of North Texas Digital Library. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 209. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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[wardbutcher-1] "Interview: Alan Ward and Mike Butcher". Attacking the Beat. March 2, 2009.

[transcript-2] "FCC Record, Volume 6, No. 13 Pages 3571 to 4108, June 17 - June 28, 1991". University of North Texas Digital Library. Retrieved 2015-10-16.

[aus-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 209. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.