When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (album)

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going is the second full-length studio album by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow, released in 1983 by RCA Records. The cover photography was by David Bailey, and the album credits gave "a kiss" to "Jim" (James Honeyman-Scott) and John Belushi, both of whom had recently died. It is the final album featuring all four original members of the band.

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
Studio album by Bow Wow Wow
Released	1983 (1983)
Studio	Basing Street Studios, London, UK
Genre	New wave
Length	35:21
Label	RCA
Producer	Mike Chapman
Bow Wow Wow chronology
Original Recordings (1982) When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (1983) The Best of Bow Wow Wow (1989)

On 25 May 2018, Cherry Red Records released the three-disc set Your Box Set Pet (The Complete Recordings 1980–1984), which included When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going in its entirety on the second disc.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]

Tom Demalon of AllMusic called the album "a well-polished, well-executed effort that holds some surprises mainly in the fact that there is more diversity than on prior Bow Wow Wow records".[3] Robert Christgau was more critical in The Village Voice, saying that, "Mike Chapman adds few if any hooks and Annabella Lwin shockingly little verve to their pattering Afrobeats".[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Bow Wow Wow (Annabella Lwin, Dave Barbarossa, Leigh Gorman and Matthew Ashman)

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Aphrodisiac"	2:58
2.	"Do You Wanna Hold Me?"	3:14
3.	"Roustabout"	2:20
4.	"Lonesome Tonight"	2:47
5.	"Love Me"	3:28
6.	"What's the Time (Hey Buddy)"	3:06

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mario (Your Own Way to Paradise)"	2:54
2.	"Quiver (Arrows in My)"	3:14
3.	"The Man Mountain"	2:26
4.	"Rikki Dee"	3:02
5.	"Tommy Tucker"	2:44
6.	"Love, Peace and Harmony"	2:50
Total length:		35:21

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5]	24
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6]	24
US Billboard 200[7]	83

References

1. Sinclair, Paul (27 March 2018). "Bow Wow Wow/Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings 1980-1984". SuperDeluxeEdition.com.
2. Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Demalon, Tom. "When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going – Bow Wow Wow | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
4. Christgau, Robert (31 May 1983). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". Robert Christgau. The Village Voice. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Bow Wow Wow – When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
6. "Swedishcharts.com – Bow Wow Wow – When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
7. "Bow Wow Wow Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 July 2020.