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"Terror Couple Kill Colonel"
Single by Bauhaus
Released	June 1980
Genre	Post-punk, gothic rock
Label	4AD
Songwriter(s)	Daniel Ash Kevin Michael Dompe David John Haskins Peter Murphy
Bauhaus singles chronology
" Dark Entries" (1979) "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" (1980) " Telegram Sam" (1980)

"Terror Couple Kill Colonel" is a song by English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released as a stand-alone single in June 1980.

Release

"Terror Couple Kill Colonel" reached No. 5 in the UK Independent Singles Chart. ^[1]

The title came from a newspaper headline reporting a Red Army Faction attack that killed Paul Bloomquist. ^[2]

Original sleeves were printed on a textured fabric. Two versions of this record exist; each having a different recording of "Terror Couple Kill Colonel (Version)" on the B-side. The rarer (mispressing) is noted by the matrix "TA1PE AD 7 AA1" in the run-out groove.

Track listing

1. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel"
2. "Scopes"
3. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel (Version)"

References

External links

• " Terror Couple Kill Colonel" at Discogs (list of releases)
• AllMusic review