I Didn't See It Coming

I Didn't See It Coming
I Didn't See It Coming
Studio album by The Professionals
Released	November 1981 (original LP); June 14, 2001 (CD edition)
Recorded	1981
Studio	Surrey Sound Studios, Leatherhead, Surrey
Genre	Punk rock; power pop;
Length	38:32 (original LP); 63:29 (CD edition)
Label	Virgin
Producer	Nigel Gray with Steve Jones, Paul Cook
The Professionals chronology
Singles from I Didn't See It Coming
	"The Magnificent"; Released: October 1981;

ReleasedNovember 1981 (original LP)
June 14, 2001 (CD edition)

Recorded1981

StudioSurrey Sound Studios, Leatherhead, Surrey

Genre

I Didn't See It Coming is the debut album by punk rock band the Professionals.^[1] It was first released by Virgin Records in November 1981.^[2] On June 14, 2001, Virgin/EMI released a CD edition of the album, appending six tracks previously released as singles and two songs recorded for the mooted The Professionals album.^[3]^[4]

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Magnificent"		3:50
2.	"Payola"		3:37
3.	"Northern Slide"		3:26
4.	"Friday Night Square"	Cook, Jones, Ray McVeigh, Paul Myers	4:36
5.	"Kick Down the Doors" (McVeigh and Myers are uncredited for this song.)	Cook, Jones, McVeigh, Myers	4:32

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Little Boys"	4:13
2.	"All the Way"	3:19
3.	"Crescendo"	4:06
4.	"Madhouse"	3:15
5.	"Too Far to Fall"	3:52

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Magnificent"		3:50
2.	"Payola"		3:37
3.	"Northern Slide"		3:26
4.	"Friday Night Square" (McVeigh and Myers are uncredited for this song.^[5]^[6])	Cook, Jones, McVeigh, Myers	4:36
5.	"Kick Down the Doors"	Cook, Jones, McVeigh, Myers	4:32
6.	"Little Boys in Blue" (Originally titled as "Little Boys")		4:13
7.	"All the Way"		3:19
8.	"Crescendo"		4:06
9.	"Madhouse" (McVeigh and Myers are credited for this song, but this is incorrect.)		3:15
10.	"Too Far to Fall"		3:52
11.	"Just Another Dream"		3:04
12.	"Kamikaze"	Cook, Jones, Andy Allan	3:23
13.	"1-2-3"		2:57
14.	"Mods, Skins, Punks"		3:12
15.	"Join the Professionals"		3:17
16.	"Has Anybody Got an Alibi"		3:20
17.	"White Light White Heat"	Lou Reed	3:45
18.	"Baby I Don't Care"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	3:17

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Steve Jones Glen Matlock Paul Cook Johnny Rotten Sid Vicious
Studio album	Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Compilations and soundtracks	Spunk The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols Flogging a Dead Horse Kiss This Spunk/This Is Crap Jubilee Sex Pistols Silver Jubilee
Live albums	Anarchy in the U.K: Live at the 76 Club Live at Chelmsford Top Security Prison Filthy Lucre Live Live at Winterland 1978 Raw and Live
Singles	"Anarchy in the U.K." "God Save the Queen" "Pretty Vacant" "Holidays in the Sun" "No One Is Innocent"/"My Way" "Something Else" "Silly Thing" "C'mon Everybody" "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" "Pretty Vacant" (live)
Other notable songs	"Belsen Was a Gas" "Bodies" "E.M.I."
Films	The Punk Rock Movie Who Killed Bambi? D.O.A.: A Right of Passage The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle Sid and Nancy The Filth and the Fury There'll Always Be an England Pistol
Related articles	Discography Nancy Spungen Malcolm McLaren Wally Nightingale Ronnie Biggs Edward Tudor-Pole Jamie Reid Rich Kids Vicious White Kids Public Image Ltd The Professionals Ex Pistols Neurotic Outsiders Bromley Contingent Filthy Lucre Tour

I Didn't See It Coming

Original LP (1981)

2001 CD Edition

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