electronic :: singles :: getting away with it

uk 7" (fac257/7), 12" (fac257), 12" maxi-single (fac257r), cd (facd257) and cassette (fac 257c) released by factory on 4 december 1989. us 7" in generic sleeve (7-19880), 12" maxi-single (9 21498-0), cd maxi-single in jewel case, some with slipcase (9 21498-2), cassette in card sleeve (9 19880-4) and cassette maxi-single (9 21498-4) released by warner bros in march 1990. german 7" (113 537-100), 12" maxi-single (613 537) and cd maxi-single (663 537-211) released by virgin in 1990. canadian 12" maxi-single (92 1498) and australian 7" in generic sleeve (543919880-7), 12" maxi-single (7599214980) and cassette in card sleeve (543919880-4) released by warner bros in 1990.

getting away with it
lucky bag, edit

getting away with it, extended
getting away with it, full length
lucky bag

getting away with it, vocal remix
getting away with it, nude mix
lucky bag, miami edit
getting away with it, original version

titled electromix.

vocals by bernard sumner and neil tennant
guitars by johnny marr, synthesizers by bernard sumner,
drums by david palmer
and strings arranged and conducted by anne dudley

getting away with it produced by bernard sumner, johnny marr and neil tennant
recorded by stuart james and remixed by mike pickering and graeme park
original version recorded and mixed by stuart james
written by sumner, marr, tennant

lucky bag produced by bernard sumner and johnny marr
recorded by stuart james and mixed by owen morris
miami edits and production by frank callari
written by sumner, marr

art direction and design by peter saville associates
photography by s. v & b productions—the image bank, london



promotional insert and record mirror ad.

full length
instrumental
extended version

track 1 is actually the single edit.

full length
extended
lucky bag

all three tracks play on either side.

getting away with it, full length version
lucky bag



track 1 is actually the single edit. lucky bag is unedited.

getting away with it (extended version)
getting away with it (instrumental)
getting away with it (nude mix)
getting away with it (vocal remix)
lucky bag (miami edit)

getting away with it (full length version)
getting away with it (extended version)
getting away with it (instrumental)
lucky bag
getting away with it (nude mix)
getting away with it (vocal remix)
lucky bag (miami edit)



track 1 is actually the single edit.

uk 7" (fac257/7), white label 12" with press sheet (fac257) and white label 12" maxi-single with insert (fac257r) released by parlophone. us 7" (7-19880), white label 12" maxi-single (0-21498) and cd maxi-single in jewel case (pro-cd-3987) released by warner bros in 1990. german 7" with press sheet released by virgin. hong kong 1-track 12" released by wea in 1990. a white label test pressing of fac257/7 included the instrumental.



fac257 and the us cd maxi-single.

nme, 9 december 1989
sounds, 9 december 1989

uk #12
billboard #38
modern rock tracks #4
hot dance music #13
hot dance club play #7
canada #33
australia #40

electronic’s debut single was released on vinyl, cassette and cd in the uk. the quality was spread over all five releases, which collectively featured three remixes, early and instrumental versions of the a-side, and even a remix of the b-side lucky bag. the nude mix is so-called because mike pickering and graeme park, who remixed the track, dj’d at the haçienda club in manchester where a “nude night” was held on fridays, a tradition which started in 1984. the original version, meanwhile, has the live, excited feel of a demo—anne dudley’s sweeping strings were yet to be added. in america the single was also issued on five formats, the best of which is the cd maxi-single which collated every remix and version, bar the aforementioned early mix of getting away with it and the edit of lucky bag, both only ever released on vinyl. it’s the one to own.