Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
"Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" is a 1988 song by English singer/songwriter Billy Bragg. The song was released as an advance single from the album Workers Playtime on August 30, 1988. Bragg was accompanied on the original recording by Martin Belmont, Bruce Thomas, Cara Tivey, Mickey Waller and Bragg's long-standing roadie Wiggy, with backing vocals by Michelle Shocked and Phill Jupitus among others. The recording was produced by Joe Boyd with Wiggy. The single had two songs on the b-side: a re-recording of Bragg's "Wishing the Days Away" featuring Tivey, and a cover of the Flying Burrito Brothers' "Sin City" featuring Hank Wangford, both produced by John Porter and Kenny Jones.
| "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" | ||||
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UK EP cover | ||||
| Single by Billy Bragg | ||||
| from the album Workers Playtime | ||||
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| Released | 30 August 1988 | |||
| Genre | Folk punk | |||
| Length | 4:32 | |||
| Label | Go! Discs | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Bragg | |||
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