30 Seconds Over Tokyo (song)
| "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" | ||||
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| Single by Pere Ubu | ||||
| B-side | "Heart of Darkness" | |||
| Released | December 1975 | |||
| Recorded | September 28 – October 1, 1975 | |||
| Studio | Audio Recording, Cleveland, Ohio | |||
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| Length | 6:21 | |||
| Label | Hearthan | |||
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"30 Seconds Over Tokyo" is the debut single by American rock band Pere Ubu, released in December 1975 on David Thomas' independent label Hearthan Records. The song was written by band members David Thomas, Peter Laughner, and Gene O'Connor during their stint with Rocket from the Tombs.
The single was featured on the 1978 EP Datapanik in the Year Zero, and later the 2015 compilation album Elitism for the People 1975-78. In 2016, it was re-released in the United Kingdom on Record Store Day by Fire Records, in a limited edition of 1,000 copies.