Birds of a Feather (Killing Joke song)

"Birds of a Feather"
Single by Killing Joke
B-side	"Flock the B-Side"
Released	October 1982
Format	7" vinyl
Genre	Post-punk
Length	7:32
Label	E.G., Polydor
Writer(s)	Jaz Coleman, Kevin "Geordie" Walker, Paul Raven, Paul Ferguson
Producer(s)	Killing Joke, Conny Plank
Killing Joke singles chronology
"We Have Joy" (1982) "Birds of a Feather" (1982) "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)" (1983)

Birds of a Feather
EP by Killing Joke
Released	October 1982
Genre	Post-punk
Length	11:51
Label	E.G., Passport
Producer	Killing Joke
Killing Joke chronology
Revelations (1982) Birds of a Feather (1982) Fire Dances (1983)

"Birds of a Feather" is a song by English rock band Killing Joke. It was released as a 7" single in October 1982 by record labels E.G. and Polydor in The Netherlands and also as a three-track EP by E.G. and Passport.

Content

Birds of a Feather was Killing Joke's first EP with new bass guitarist Paul Raven. It contained music that was artier and relatively calmer than the music from the band's first three studio albums, thus beginning a new direction. The new style was continued with the non-album singles "Me or You?" (1983) and "A New Day" (1984).^[1]

Release

The single reached No. 64 in the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

Track listing

Single

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Birds of a Feather"	3:46

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flock the B-Side"	3:46

EP

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Birds of a Feather"	3:46
2.	"Sun Goes Down"	4:19

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flock the B-Side"	3:46

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak position
1982	UK Singles Chart	64[2]

References

1. Hightower, Laura; DeRemer, Leigh Ann (2001). "Killing Joke". Contemporary Musicians. Profiles of the People in Music (Volume 30). 30. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research. ISBN 0-7876-4641-5. OCLC 51547697.
2. "Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 26 February 2015.