Pretty Vacant
| "Pretty Vacant" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Sex Pistols | ||||
| from the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols | ||||
| B-side | "No Fun" | |||
| Released | 1 July 1977 (UK) 27 October 1977 (US) 15 October 2007 (30th anniversary re-issue) | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 3:15 | |||
| Label | Virgin (UK) Warner (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Thomas, Bill Price, Dave Goodman | |||
| Sex Pistols singles chronology | ||||
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"Pretty Vacant" is a song by the English punk rock band The Sex Pistols. It was released in 1977, as the third single from their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.
The song is infamous for vocalist John Lydon's phrasing of the word "vacant", emphasizing the last syllable making it sound like the vulgar word "cunt".[1]
The B-side is a cover of The Stooges' "No Fun" which they played on the spot without a proper rehearsal.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Jon Savage, England's Dreaming. Sex Pistols and Punk Rock. London, Faber and Faber, 1991 0-571-16791-8, p. 378.