The Last of the Mohicans (EP)

The Last of the Mohicans is an EP by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow, released in May 1982 by RCA Records. It was produced by Kenny Laguna of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts fame.

The Last of the Mohicans
EP by Bow Wow Wow
Released	May 1982 (1982-05)
Recorded	1981–1982
Studio	Criteria (Miami)[1]
Genre	New wave, pop rock
Length	12:27
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Kenny Laguna
Bow Wow Wow chronology
See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! (1981) The Last of the Mohicans (1982) Teenage Queen (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

The Last of the Mohicans peaked at number 67 on the Billboard 200, Bow Wow Wow's highest entry on the chart.^[5] The EP contains the band's biggest hit, a cover of the Strangeloves' "I Want Candy".

The cover photograph, taken by Andy Earl, depicts Bow Wow Wow recreating Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Édouard Manet, and caused outrage when it first appeared as the cover of the band's debut album See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!.^[6]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Want Candy"	Bert Berns Bob Feldman Jerry Goldstein Richard Gottehrer	2:43
2.	"Cowboy"	Matthew Ashman David Barbarossa Leigh Gorman Pierre Grillet Malcolm McLaren Stephane Pietri	3:30

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3.	"Louis Quatorze"	Ashman Barbarossa Gorman McLaren	2:48
4.	"Mile High Club"	Ashman Barbarossa Gorman McLaren	3:26
Total length:			12:27

Notes

• "Cowboy" is credited as being written by Ashman, Barbarossa, Gorman and McLaren on The Last of the Mohicans.^[7] Later releases, including the 1982 compilation album I Want Candy, have credited it as being written by Ashman, Barbarossa, Gorman, Grillet and Pietri.^[8] Sources such as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers^[9] and the Australasian Performing Right Association^[10] continue to credit McLaren as a writer on the song.

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	67

References

1. Reesman, Bryan (1 October 2007). "Classic Tracks: Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy"". mixonline.com. Future Plc. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
2. Griggs, Tim. "The Last of the Mohicans – Bow Wow Wow". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
3. Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 17 August 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
4. Considine, J. D. (2004). "Bow Wow Wow". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 99–100. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
5. "Bow Wow Wow Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
6. McLean, Craig (19 April 2012). "Bow Wow Wow haven't lost their bite". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
7. The Last of the Mohicans (liner notes). Bow Wow Wow. RCA Victor. 1982. CPL1-4314.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
8. I Want Candy (liner notes). Bow Wow Wow. RCA Victor. 1982. AFL1-4375.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
9. "ACE Repertory – Mc Laren Malcolm Robert Andrew". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
10. "Works Search – Bow Wow Wow". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 10 December 2020. Type Bow Wow Wow in the Performer field and then press Search.

External links

• The Last of the Mohicans at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Last of the Mohicans at MusicBrainz (list of releases)