Ruby Red

UK, 4th March, 1982
RCA Records - RCA 191 / (PB 5462) / RCAD 191 / (PBD 5462)

This single  came out first as a 7" Double-Pack:-

Ruby Red was the third single to be released from the band's tenth Studio Album, Till Deaf Do Us Part.  It reached Number 51 in the UK Singles Charts.

UK, 5th March, 1982
RCA Records - RCA 191 / (PB 5462)

The following day, it was also released as a standard 7" Single:-

Germany, April, 1982 - 7"
RCA Victor - PB 5466

In Germany, the Studio Version of "Rock And Roll Preacher (Hallelujah I'm On Fire)" was released as the A-Side of the fourth and final single to be taken from the band's tenth Studio Album, "Till Deaf Do Us Part".  It was released on both 7" and 12" formats.

German Picture Cover of "Rock And Roll Preacher (Hallelujah I'm On Fire)".

The single peaked at Number 49 in the German Singles Charts.

Germany, 1982 - Vinyl, 12", Single
RCA Victor - PC 5467

The 12" Single featured a 5.34 version of the A-Side, compared to the 3.17 edit on the 7":-

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My thanks to Chris 'The Historian' Selby for his relentless research. It is said, in certain circles, that Walsall Archives have a seat reserved specifically for him and that Wolverhampton archives consult him when searching the Express & Star. 

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Ruby Red

(Neville Holder & James Whild Lea)

Ruby, Ruby
Well I got some food if you're in the mood and the Montrachet's on ice
Let me satisfy your appetite with some coq au vin on rice

Oh oh oh Ruby Red - Better use your ruby head
Oh oh oh Ruby Red - Lying in your ruby bed

Well I got some food if you're in the mood, oysters aphrodisiac
And some fine liqueur 100% pure that'll put you on your back

Oh oh oh Ruby Red - Better use your ruby head
Oh oh oh Ruby Red - Lying in your ruby bed - Ruby, Ruby

If you start at the top, you can end up at the bottom
If you taste there's no waste. All you do is feed your face

Oh oh oh Ruby Red - I wanna little bit of Ruby - Just a little bit of Ruby

Oh oh oh Ruby Red - Making sure you get well fed
Oh oh oh Ruby Red - Better use your ruby head
Oh oh oh Ruby Red - Lying in your ruby bed
I wanna feel Ruby - I wanna hold Ruby

Funk Punk & Junk

(Neville Holder & James Whild Lea)

You all get off on danger
Don't want to live like a monk
I don't care about the traitors in France
I might be up on junk

You wait to see the big city
Find it's no big deal
I don't care about custom made steaks
Gotta do what you feel

Give me some funk punk and junk
Give me some funk punk and junk
Give me some funk punk and junk

The papers give you the build up
Sell out in every town
It's all very good at the top of the tree
But goes-ups gotta come down

Give me some funk punk and junk
Give me some funk punk and junk
Give me some funk punk and junk
Don't give me no junk - yeah

Give me some funk
Give me some punk yeah-yeah-eh-eh
Give me funk give me punk give me junk
Give me funk give me punk give me junk
Give me funk give me punk give me junk
Give me some funk
Give me some more

We all get off on danger
Don't want to live in a hole - no
What I want is a little bye bye
A little bit of rock 'n' roll

Give me some funk punk and junk
Give me some funk punk and junk
Give me some funk punk and junk
Give me funk give me punk don't give me no junk yeah
Give me funk give me punk don't give me no junk yeah
Give me funk give me punk don't give me no junk yeah
Give me funk give me punk don't give me no junk yeah
Give me funk give me punk don't give me no junk yeah
Give me funk give me punk give me junk
Give me funk give me punk give me junk
Give me funk give me punk give me junk
Give me some funk
Give me some punk
Don't give me no junk

Rock And Roll Preacher (Hallelujah I'm On Fire)

(Neville Holder & James Whild Lea)

[Spoken: (well shouted actually)]
"Dearly beloved, brothers and sisters, we are gathered here tonight to join together this rock and this roll in ear-holy catastrophe.
For thine is the power and the glory, for ever and ever, till deaf do us part. Till deaf do us part. Till deaf do us part."

Hallelujah (hallelujah)
Hallelujah (hallelujah)
I've seen the light (I've seen the light)
I've seen the light (I've seen the light)
I've seen the light (I've seen the light)
Glory hallelujah honey I'm on fire

Hey hey

Hey

Glory hallelujah you're givin' me the bug (I'm on fire, I'm on fire)
Mister bop-a-lu-la you're boogie is a drug (I'm on fire, I'm on fire)
My my my you're runnin' with the pack
Gotta get ya back, gotta get ya back, gotta get ya back

All that ferocity, people come and see it for miles (I'm on fire, I'm on fire)
High speed velocity, see them rockin' in the aisles (I'm on fire, I'm on fire)
My my my you're leading me astray,
Every other day, every other day, every other day
Hey hey

Rock and roll preacher
I wanna meet ya
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
Rock and roll sister
I can't resist ya
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
I'm on fire (hallelujah) Yeah

Hey hey

Hey hey hey hey yeah

Twenty one sermons ooh when you start to dance (I'm on fire, I'm on fire)
I pray to heaven you don't get a second chance (I'm on fire, I'm on fire)
My my my you're runnin' with the pack
Gotta get ya back, gotta get ya back, gotta get ya back

Rock and roll preacher
I wanna meet ya
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
Rock and roll sister
I can't resist ya
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
I'm on fire (hallelujah)

I'm on fire
I'm on fire
I'm on fire

Hallelujah (hallelujah)
Hallelujah (hallelujah)
Lordy lordy (lordy lordy)
Lordy lordy (lordy lordy)
Lordy hallelujah honey I'm on fire

My my my you're leading me astray
Every other day, every other day, every other day

Hey hey

Rock and roll preacher
I wanna meet ya
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
Rock and roll sister
I can't resist ya
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
I'm on fire (hallelujah)
I'm on fire (hallelujah)

Lordy lordy
Lordy lordy

Hallelujah (hallelujah)
Hallelujah (hallelujah)
Lordy lordy lordy, Lordy lordy lordy