Wah! Heat - Better Scream

The first release by the first Wah! incarnation by Pete Wylie (member of the Crucial Three with Julian Cope and Ian McCulloch). It was praised in it's time of release (1979) and the band was immediatly championed by John Peel.

Equally inspired by The Doors and The Clash the result was less darker than what would be heard on the debut of the second incarnation of Pete Wylie's project (Wah! Nah = Poo-The Art of Bluff, unfortunately out of print) but at the same level of the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes and it surprises me how Wah! was never recognized as much as these two groups did!

Lyrics (thanks to @rooneyda):
You better run,
cos' this is the day,
someone remembers what you said
so you better pray
you're running but you won't get far
now howard hughe's hitmen are here

You better pray
You better repent
Here come the trumpets sounding out,
That never relent
The bay of pigs is babylon
You better choose which side your on

Cos' here come the saints,
You better scream and run and pray
Here come the saints
With seven angels from the C.I.A
Are you ready?
This is judgement day.

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• wah!
• heat
• teardrop
• explodes
• echo
• and
• the
• bunnymen
• post-punk
• pete
• wylie
• john
• peel
• crucial
• three
• julian
• cope

[rooneyda]

YOU BETTER RUN COS THIS IS THE DAY SOMEONE REMEMBERS WHAT YOU SAID SO YOU BETTER PRAY YOU'RE RUNNING BUT YOU WON'T GET FAR NOW HOWARD HUGHES'S HITMEN ARE HERE YOU BETTER PRAY YOU BETTER REPENT HERE COME THE TRUMPETS SOUNDING OUT THEY NEVER RELENT THE BAY OF PIGS IS BABYLON YOU BETTER CHOOSE WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON COS HERE COME THE SAINTS YOU BETTER SCREAM AND RUN AND PRAY HERE COME THE SAINTS WITH SEVEN ANGELS FROM THE CIA ARE YOU READY? THIS IS JUDGEMENT DAY.

[samuraiinCfede]

@rooneyda wonderful I think these are the proper ones, thanks a lot!

[guylafong]

Brilliant!...always loved this song ...

[grampysimon1]

still waiting for "the day margaret thatcher died" to come out...hurry up bitch, peg it!

[mushymanrob1]

criminal that this didnt chart... one of my all time favs...

[InnerCityGirl1]

so,so good. And not a trace of autotuning. Takes me back....

[sandytherabbit]

i just met pete last night, wonderfully curious man. :)

[Shootgunsinners]

This is so good! Another one Pete please if yer watching?!

[regvarney]

I met Pete Wylie a few years back.Top bloke .How about a new lp mate?

[cookieseberg]

Aw, THANK you for posting this! I've had a crappy cassette copy for years and until now haven't been able to find a better one. Just one of the best songs ever written.