The Word & Sardines

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| name = The Word & Sardines

| cover = TheWordAndSardines single.png

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| type = single

| artist = Junkyard Band

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| A-side = The Word

| B-side = Sardines

| released = 1986

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| genre = {{hlist| Go-go | old-school hip hop }}

| length = 6:09 – "The Word"
6:45 – "Sardines"

| label = Def Jam

| writer = {{hlist| Steve Harrison | R. Smith }}

| producer = Rick Rubin

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The Word & Sardines is the debut single recorded and released by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go group Junkyard Band.{{cite web|title=The Junkyard Band - The Word / Sardines |url=https://www.discogs.com/Junkyard-Band-The-Word-Sardines/master/164817 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=21 December 2016}}