Telegram Sam

"Telegram Sam" is a 1972 song by glam rock band T. Rex. It was taken from their seventh studio album The Slider. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom and I…

Telegram Sam
"Telegram Sam"
Single by T. Rex
from the album The Slider
B-side"Cadilac" / "Baby Strange"
Released21 January 1972
Recorded1971
GenreGlam rock, proto-punk
Length3:45
LabelT.Rex Wax Co. (UK); Reprise (US)
Songwriter(s)Marc Bolan
Producer(s)Tony Visconti
T. Rex singles chronology
"Jeepster"
(1971)
"Telegram Sam"
(1972)
"Metal Guru"
(1972)

"Telegram Sam" is a 1972 song by glam rock band T. Rex. It was taken from their seventh studio album The Slider. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, number 4 in Germany and Switzerland, number 6 in Norway, number 20 in Australia, number 26 in the Netherlands, number 27 in France, number 35 in New Zealand, number 66 in Canada and number 67 in the United States.

Bauhaus version

"Telegram Sam"
Single by Bauhaus
Released1 December 1980
GenrePost-punk
Length2:08
Label4AD
Songwriter(s)Marc Bolan
Bauhaus singles chronology
"Terror Couple Kill Colonel"
(1980)
"Telegram Sam"
(1980)
"Kick in the Eye"
(1981)

In 1980, English gothic rock band Bauhaus covered Telegram Sam as their fourth single. It went to number 12 in New Zealand.

Track listings

7"

Side A:

  1. "Telegram Sam" - 2:08

Side B:

  1. "Crowds" - 3:13
12"

Side A:

  1. "Telegram Sam" - 2:08

Side B:

  1. "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" - 5:31
  2. "Crowds" - 3:13

Notes


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