"Just Abuse Me" is the first release from Bournemouth-based alternative rock band Air Traffic. It was released as a double a-side with "Charlotte", a song which would later be re-released as a solo single.

"Just Abuse Me/Charlotte"
Cover of "Just Abuse Me", 7" vinyl release
Single by Air Traffic
from the album Fractured Life
Released17 July 2006
Genrealternative rock
Length4:57
LabelLabel Fandango
Songwriter(s)Chris Wall, David Ryan Jordan, Tom Pritchard and Jim Maddock
Air Traffic singles chronology
"Just Abuse Me" / "Charlotte"
(2006)
"Charlotte"
(2007 re-release)

The vinyl was the 5th in a series of black and white 7-inch records released by Label Fandango, the independent record label from the creators of live music promotion company Club Fandango. It was described by the label as "Piano-led indie rock".[1] The vinyl would lead to the band's major label signing, as following Zane Lowe playing "Just Abuse Me" on his BBC Radio 1 show, the band were signed to a long-term contract by EMI in May 2006.[2]

"Just Abuse Me"/"Charlotte" was ineligible to chart in the UK Singles Chart as it was limited to 500 copies.

Track listing

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7" record(GALAGOS005)

  1. "Just Abuse Me" - 2:33
  2. "Charlotte" - 2:25

References

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  1. ^ "Club Fandango - AIR TRAFFIC: Just Abuse Me/Charlotte". Club Fandango. Archived from the original on November 1, 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  2. ^ "The Fly Wessex: Air Traffic Signing". The Fly magazine. Retrieved 2008-09-22.