Use It Up and Wear It Out

"Use It Up and Wear It Out" is a song by US-based dance and soul group Odyssey that was released as a single in 1980. It was originally released as the B-side of "Don't Tell Me, Tell Her". When it was rereleased as the A-side it would go on to spend twelve weeks on the UK Singles Chart, including two at No. 1,^[1] but failed to have any commercial success in the United States.

The song was written by Sandy Linzer and L. Russell Brown,^[2] and produced by Linzer. It was the New York-based disco group's only UK No. 1 single, spending two weeks at the top of the charts from July 26 to August 8, 1980,^[1] and was their most successful single on the UK Singles Chart. In their native United States, it failed to get into the Hot 100.^[3] However along with the track "Don't Tell Me, Tell Her", "Use It Up and Wear It Out" went to number six on the US Billboard Disco Top 100 chart.^[4]

The song was produced by Sandy Linzer and was arranged and conducted by Ray Chew.^[5] The song was also released in 1980 as a 12" single.^[6]