MC Tunes vs. 808 State - The Only Rhyme That Bites

UK 1990 12" Single; ZTT / WEA: ZANG 3 T / 9031-71671-0
UK 1990 12" Single; ZTT: ZANG 3 T SAM [Promo]

4:29 The Only Rhyme That Bites (extended version, "Album version")
5:04 The Only Rhyme That Bytes (extended version)

Released:

21st May 1990.

Remarks:

Written by 808 State/MC Tunes.

MC Tunes vs. 808 State - The Only Rhyme That Bites

DE 1990 12" Single; ZTT / WEA: ZANG 3 T / 9031-71671-0

4:16 The Only Rhyme That Bites (extended version) [Different from UK]
5:04 The Only Rhyme That Bytes (extended version)

Remarks: Written by 808 State/MC Tunes.

MC Tunes vs. 808 State - The Only Rhyme That Bites

UK 1990 7" Single; ZTT / WEA: ZANG 3
DE 1990 7" Single; ZTT / WEA: ZANG 3 / 9031-71670-7
DE 1989 Cass Single; ZTT / WEA; ZANG 3 C / 9031-71670-4

3:32 The Only Rhyme That Bites
3:16 The Only Rhyme That Bytes [edit]

Released:

21st May 1990.

UK Press Release:

FELLOW MANCUNIANS 808 STATE AND MC TUNES TEAM UP FOR THE LATTER'S DEBUT SINGLE "THE ONLY RHYME THAT BITES", RELEASED ON MAY 21st BY ZTT RECORDS. THE TRACK WAS WRITTEN BY BOTH ACTS.

MC TUNES HAS BEEN GOOD FRIENDS WITH 808 SINCE HIS FIRST GIG AT THE BOARDWALK IN MANCHESTER OVER FOUR YEARS AGO AND THEY PRODUCED THE NEW SINGLE, MC SAYS "THEY'RE THE BEST PRODUCTION TEAM AROUND" AND WHEN THEY DID A ONE-OFF GIG IN BERLIN TO CELEBRATE THE WALL COMING DOWN, MC WENT ALONG AND ENDED UP ON STAGE, RAPPING TO AN ECSTATIC CROWD.

THE SONG IS BASED AROUND SAMPLES OF THE THEME MUSIC FROM "THE BIG COUNTRY" AND COMES WITH A FAST-MOVING VIDEO FEATURING A CAST OF THOUSANDS.

808 ARE CURRENTLY FINISHING THEIR NEW ALBUM, WHILE ALSO WORKING WITH MC ON HIS.

German Press Release:

Künstler: MC TUNES VERSUS 808 STATE
Best.-Nr.: 903 171 670-7 / LC 4281
Produzent: 808 State
Veröffentlicht: 15.06.1990/9069p

A: "The Only Rhyme That Bites" (Lyrics by MC Tunes/Music by 808 State/J.Mokoss/J.Lewis) 3:41
AA: "The Only Rhyme That Bites" (Music by 808 State/J.Mokoss/J.Lewis) 3:41

Früher war die nordenglische Stadt nur fur den dort produzierten Cord und ihr Fussballteam bekannt - doch seit einiger Zeit ist Manchester der Mittelpunkt von Britanniens Dancefloor-Szene.

The Only Rhyme That Bites 1st der neueste Volltreffer aus 'Mad-chester': MC TUNES und 808 STATE stehen mit ihrer ersten gemein-samen Single bereits in den britischen Top 20.

Kennengelernt haben sich MC TUNES, Hardcore-Rapper mit ungewöhn-lichem Faible fur Hippy-Zeiten, und 808 STATE, die Masterminds der "Zukunftsmusik der Acid-Generation" ('ME'), im 'Boardwalk', einer der Brutstätten des neuen Sounds, der Manchester zur Bouse-Kapitale Europas gemacht hat.

Auch ausserhalb Englands sind MC TUNES VERSUS 808 STATE kein unbe-kanntes Gespann: Einen ihrer ersten gemeinsarnen Auftritte hatten sie wenige Tage nach dem Fall der Mauer in Berlin. "Es war wahn-sinnig. Die Leute waren verrückt nach uns" erinnert sich MC TUNES.

Remarks:

Written by 808 State/MC Tunes.

MC Tunes vs. 808 State - The Only Rhyme That Bites

DE 1990 CD Single; ZTT / WEA: ZANG 3 CD / 9031-71858-2) [Spine misprint:"..Only Name That Bites"] [GEMA/BIEM]

3:30 The Only Rhyme That Bites (7" version)
5:04 The Only Rhyme That Bytes (extended version)
4:16 The Only Rhyme That Bites (extended version)

Remarks: Written by 808 State/MC Tunes.