Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?)

Buzzcocks – “Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?)”, performed on Top Of The Pops in 1978.

“Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)” – Single by Buzzcocks from the album Love Bites
B-side: “Just Lust”
Released: September 8, 1978
Label: United Artists
Songwriter: Pete Shelley
Producer: Martin Rushent
Charted No.12 in UK

The song was ranked at No. 1 among “Tracks of the Year” for 1978 by NME. Critic Ned Raggett describes the song as a “deservedly well-known masterpiece.” Mark Deming notes, “Pete Shelley’s basic formula in the Buzzcocks was to marry the speed and emotional urgency of punk with the hooky melodies and boy/girl thematics of classic pop/rock. When he applied this thinking to that most classic of pop themes, unrequited teenage love, he crafted one of his most indelible songs, ‘Ever Fallen in Love?'” In 2021, it was ranked at No. 276 on Rolling Stone’s “Top 500 Best Songs of All Time”.