Bela Lugosi's Dead

"Bela Lugosi's Dead"
Single by Bauhaus
B-side"Boys"
ReleasedAugust 1979
Recorded26 January 1979
StudioBeck Studios, Wellingborough
Genre
Length9:36
LabelSmall Wonder
Songwriter(s)
Bauhaus singles chronology
"Bela Lugosi's Dead"
(1979)
"Dark Entries"
(1980)

"Bela Lugosi's Dead" is the debut single by the English post-punk band Bauhaus, released in August 1979 on the Small Wonder label. It is often considered the first gothic rock record.