Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth

1974 single by Sparks

"Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" is a 1974 song by Los Angeles band Sparks and is the lead single from their fourth studio album Propaganda. It went to number 13 in the United Kingdom and number 40 in Germany. It did not chart in the United States. It was covered by Depeche Mode in 1987.

"Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth"
Single by Sparks
from the album Propaganda
B-side"Alabamy Right"
Released1974
Recorded1974
Genre
Length2:28
2:35 (re-recording)
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Ron Mael
Producer(s)Muff Winwood
Tony Visconti (re-recording)
Sparks singles chronology
"Amateur Hour"
(1974)
"Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth"
(1974)
"Something for the Girl with Everything"
(1975)

Track listing change

  1. "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" — 2:28
  2. "Alabamy Right" — 2:11

References change