This Is Pop
| "This Is Pop" | ||||
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 "This Is Pop?" single cover | ||||
| Song by XTC | ||||
| from the album White Music | ||||
| Released | January 20, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Andy Partridge | |||
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"This Is Pop" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released on their 1978 album White Music. Partridge wrote the song as a response to labels such as "punk", which he believed were redundant of "pop".[1] The song's opening F chord was based on The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" (1964).[2] A rerecorded version, typeset as "This Is Pop?", was released as the group's third single.[3]
Its title inspired the 2017 documentary of the same name.[4]
Personnel
XTC
- Barry Andrews – keyboards
- Terry Chambers – drums
- Colin Moulding – bass, vocals
- Andy Partridge – vocals, guitar
References
- ^ Branwyn, Gareth (5 January 2017). "Inside XTC's "Complicated Game"". Boing Boing.
- ^ Bernhardt, Todd (11 November 2007). "Andy discusses "This Is Pop"". Chalkhills.
- ^ Ingham, Chris (March 1999). "XTC - 'Til Death Do Us Part". Mojo.
- ^ Braxton, Mark (October 2017). "XTC: This Is Pop". Radio Times.
External links
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