SUN RA - Nuclear War & Sometimes I'm Happy

 

A proto-rap 12” single released on the British post-punk label Y, both sides were later included on the album Nuclear War, released in Italy in 1984. Convinced the single could be a hit, Ra had offered it to CBS, who rejected it on the grounds that the chorus – “It’s a motherfucker / Don’t you know / If they push that button / Your ass got to go” – precluded any chance of airplay. Y was more receptive. The label was run by Dick O’Dell, who with William Orbit founded Guerilla Records in 1990. The Y single is phenomenally rare, even by Ra’s standards.