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== Release and promotion == In September 1975, the band toured the UK, playing 17 shows.<ref name="omnibus70" /> By 1975, Hütter and Schneider's previous publishing deals with Capriccio Music and Star Musik Studio of [[Hamburg]] had expired. The compositions on ''Radio-Activity'' were published by their own newly set up ''Kling Klang Verlag'' music publishing company, giving them greater financial control over the use of songwriting output. Also, the album was the first to bear the fruit of Kling Klang as an established [[vanity label]] under the group's new licensing deal with [[EMI]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} ''Radio-Activity'' was released in November 1975. For their promotion, their record company sent them to a "real Atomkraftwerk" to take promotional photos. In these photos, the group was dressed in white protective suits and anti-radiation boots on their shoes.<ref name="dig" /> The album reached {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}59}} on the Canadian charts in February 1976.<ref name="collectionscanada" /> The title track "[[Radioactivity (song)|Radioactivity]]" was released as a single in May 1976 and became a hit in France, selling 500,000 copies,<ref name="dig" /> and Belgium in the charts.
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