Bow Wow Wow's "C·30 C·60 C·90 Go" was the first cassette single released in the U.K. in 1980,[REF] and I.R.S. Records released the first cassette single in the U.S. with the Go-Go's "Vacation" in 1982 [REF].
American record companies began releasing cassette singles on a large scale in 1987, when vinyl record album sales were declining in favor of cassette recordings; the cassette single was meant to replace the 45 record in a similar way [REF].