"Wünderbar" is a song by Tenpole Tudor. Written by Edward Tudor-Pole and produced by Alan Winstanley, it was released by Stiff Records on 17 July 1981,[1] and entered the UK Singles Chart on 1 August 1981, climbing to No. 16 and spending 8 weeks in the charts.[2] It is a re-recorded version, somewhat faster than the version on the group's debut studio album Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary.

"Wünderbar"
Single by Tenpole Tudor
from the album Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
B-side"Tenpole 45"
Released17 July 1981
GenrePunk rock
Length2:52
LabelStiff Records (BUY 120)
Songwriter(s)Edward Tudor-Pole
Producer(s)Alan Winstanley
Tenpole Tudor UK singles chronology
"Swords of a Thousand Men"
(1981)
"Wünderbar"
(1981)
"Throwing My Baby Out with the Bathwater"
(1982)

Critical reception

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In ironic review in August 1981 David Hepworth of Smash Hits said that the band "had made a noise more normally associated with a coachload of Viking soccer hooligans" and summarised "these men should be locked up, failing that they should be stars."[3]

Track listing

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7" single
  1. "Wünderbar" - 2:52
  2. "Tenpole 45" - 4:12

Chart performance

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Chart Peak
position
Belgian Singles Chart[4] 2
Dutch Singles Chart[4] 4
UK Singles Chart[2] 16

References

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  1. ^ "Stiff discography". Stiff Records. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  2. ^ a b "Wunderbar". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  3. ^ Hepworth, David (6–19 August 1981). "Tenpole Tudor: "Wünderbar"" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 3, no. 15. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 26. ISSN 0260-3004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ a b "Tenpole Tudor – Wünderbar (song)". Retrieved 24 February 2015.