My Perfect Cousin
| "My Perfect Cousin" | ||||
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| Single by The Undertones | ||||
| from the album Hypnotised | ||||
| Released | 28 March 1980 | |||
| Recorded | December 1979 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 2:36 | |||
| Label | Sire Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Damian O'Neill Michael Bradley | |||
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"My Perfect Cousin" is a song by Northern Irish punk rock band the Undertones. The song – inspired by an actual cousin of one of the band members – was written during the summer of 1979 and recorded at Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum in December 1979.
"My Perfect Cousin" was the first of two singles to be released from the band's Hypnotised LP (the second being "Wednesday Week"), and was released on 28 March 1980. The single reached number 9 in both the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart, making the song the band's only top 10 single.
"My Perfect Cousin" was voted number 30 in the 1980 NME singles of the year poll.