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{{Infobox song
| name       = Use It Up And Wear It Out
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Odyssey (band)|Odyssey]]
| album      = Hang Together
| released   = 1980
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Disco]]
| length     =
| label      = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| writer     = {{hlist|[[Sandy Linzer]]|[[L. Russell Brown]]}}
| producer   =
| prev_title = Don't Tell Me, Tell Her
| prev_year  = 1980
| next_title = [[If You're Lookin' for a Way Out]]
| next_year  = 1980
| misc       = {{External music video|{{youtube|lj_BzlYdBoU|"Use It Up and Wear It Out" on [[TopPop]]}}}}
}}
"'''Use It Up and Wear It Out'''" is a song by US-based dance and soul group [[Odyssey (band)|Odyssey]] that was released as a [[Single (music)|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 [[List of number-one singles (UK)|No. 1]],<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 383}}</ref> but failed to have any commercial success in the United States.
The song was written by [[Sandy Linzer]] and [[L. Russell Brown]],<ref>{{cite web|author=James Christopher Monger |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-the-80s-mw0002619775 |title=The Best of the 80s - Various Artists &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-05-02}}</ref> and produced by Linzer. It was the [[New York City|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,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and was their most successful single on the UK Singles Chart. In their native United States, it failed to get into the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]].<ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book
| first= Jo
| last= Rice
| year= 1982
| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd
| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| pages= 206–7
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}</ref> 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'' [[Dance Club Songs|Disco Top 100]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=193}}</ref>
The song was produced by Sandy Linzer and was arranged and conducted by [[Ray Chew]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/pb1962|title=Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref> The song was also released in 1980 as a [[12" single]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/12single/record/pc1962uk|title=12" Single: Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out (1980)|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1980)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Odyssey|song=Use It Up And Wear It Out|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|4|artist=Odyssey|song=Use_It_Up_And_Wear_It_Out|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|2|artist=Odyssey|song=Use It Up And Wear It Out|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|1|date=19800721|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|20|artist=Odyssey|song=Use It Up And Wear It Out|songid=15305|rowheader=true}}
|}
==Pat and Mick version==
A [[Cover version|cover]] by the duo [[Pat and Mick]], produced by [[Stock Aitken Waterman]], reached No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 420}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 55: We Should Be Dancing to Use It Up And Wear It Out on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-55-we-should-be-dancing-to-use-it-up-and-wear-it-out/id1565879477?i=1000619032779 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU}}</ref>
===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1990)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|36|artist=Pat & Mick|song=Use It Up And Wear It Out|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|22|date=19900429|artist=Pat & Mick|rowheader=true}}
|-
|}
==Other versions==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Odyssey (band)}}
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[[Category:1980 songs]]
[[Category:1980 singles]]
[[Category:1990 singles]]
[[Category:Odyssey (band) songs]]
[[Category:Pat and Mick songs]]
[[Category:UK singles chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by L. Russell Brown]]
[[Category:Songs written by Sandy Linzer]]
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