Amusement (song)

"Amusement" is a song by Hüsker Dü released as a single in 1981. It was the band's first single, b/w the song "Statues." This release finds the band in a period where its music was drifting from punk to post-punk. The single's pressing was limited to 2,000 copies upon its release. The two tracks appear on the Everything Falls Apart and More CD.

"Amusement"
Single by Hüsker Dü
A-side	"Statues"
Released	January 1981
Recorded	October 1980
Venue	Duffy's, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre	Punk rock, post-punk
Length	4:19
Label	Reflex Records
Songwriter(s)	Bob Mould
Producer(s)	Hüsker Dü
Hüsker Dü singles chronology
"Amusement" (1981) "In a Free Land" (1982)

In 2013, the Numero Group reissued the single with the studio outtakes "Writer's Cramp" and "Let's Go Die" as a 7" pairing in a gatefold jacket. The studio recordings are remastered from a first-generation sub-master, while "Amusement" is from the original live board tape. The cover features drummer Grant Hart's original Fake Name Graphx artwork.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Statues"	Grant Hart	4:14
2.	"Amusement"	Bob Mould	4:19

2013 reissue track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Statues"	Hart	4:29
2.	"Amusement"	Mould	4:19

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Writers Cramp"	Mould	2:39
2.	"Let’s Go Die"	Greg Norton	1:55

Notes

• "Statues", "Writers Cramp" and "Let’s Go Die" were recorded at Blackberry Way, Minneapolis, August 1980
• "Amusement" was recorded live at Duffy's, Minneapolis, October 1980

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of Everything Falls Apart and More.

Hüsker Dü

• Bob Mould – guitar, vocals,
• Grant Hart – drums, vocals
• Greg Norton – bass, vocals

Technical

• Hüsker Dü – producer (all tracks)
• Colin Mansfield – producer ("Statues", "Writers Cramp", "Let’s Go Die"), engineer ("Amusement")
• Steve Fjelstad – engineer (all tracks)
• Terry Katzman – recorded by ("Amusement")
• Fake Name Graphx – artwork