The single’s success led to Bronze extending their contract, and put

The single’s success led to Bronze extending their contract, and put the band back into the studio to record an album, this time with producer Jimmy Miller at Roundhouse Studios . A hint of what the band had recorded for the album came on 9 March 1979 when the band played ” Overkill ” on Top of the Pops to support the release of the single ahead of the Overkill album, which was released on 24 March. It became Motörhead’s first album to break into the top 40 of the UK Albums chart, reaching number 24, with the single reaching number 39 on the UK Singles Chart. These releases were followed by the “Overkill” UK tour which began on 23 March. A subsequent single was released in June, coupling the album track ” No Class ” as the A-side with the previously unreleased song “Like a Nightmare” on the B-side. It fared worse than both the album and previous single but reached number 61 on the UK singles chart.