"Quirks" is the fourth single of New Wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 band Ultravox!. It was released by Island Records

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

 in 1977, and came along the initial copies of the second album Ha!-Ha!-Ha!

Ha!-Ha!-Ha!

Ha!-Ha!-Ha! was the second album by British pop group Ultravox, at that time formally known as "Ultravox!", with an exclamation mark, as a nod to Neu!...

, being a limited edition.

The song "Quirks" (Side A), was a power pop

Power pop

Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...

 oriented song, with the style of the Ha! Ha! Ha! album.

The Side B, "Modern Love", was a live song played many times during 1976 and the first part of 1977, during the Ultravox!

Ultravox! (album)

Ultravox! is the first studio album from the band Ultravox!, which at the time was properly eponymous before the band dropped the Neu!-inspired exclamation mark from their name...

album tour. It was a power pop and more glam oriented song. It was demoed in the studio, according to drummer Warren Cann

Warren Cann

Warren Reginald Cann is a drummer and drum machine programmer, best known as a member of the British New Wave band Ultravox.-Early life:...

.