This Is Pop
| "This Is Pop" | ||||
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"This Is Pop?" single cover | ||||
| Single by XTC | ||||
| from the album White Music | ||||
| Released | January 20, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
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| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Andy Partridge | |||
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"This Is Pop" is a song by the English rock band XTC from their 1978 debut studio album White Music.A rerecorded version, typeset as "This Is Pop?", was released as the group's third single.[4] The single was released on the 20th of January, 1978, the same day as the album, and promoted as the second and final single to the album.
Background
Guitarist Andy Partridge wrote "This Is Pop" as a response to journalistic terms for music genres such as "punk", which he believed were redundant of "pop".[5] The song's opening F chord was based on the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" (1964).[6]
Legacy
The song title was adopted for the 2017 documentary about the band, XTC: This Is Pop.[7]
Personnel
XTC
- Barry Andrews – keyboards
- Terry Chambers – drums
- Colin Moulding – bass, vocals
- Andy Partridge – vocals, guitar
References
- ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Pleasantly Antagonistic: New Wave". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. XTC - Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992 (1996) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Mulholland, Garry (1 November 2006). "1978". Fear of Music: The 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco. Orion Publishing Group. pp. 34–35. ISBN 0752868314.
- ^ Ingham, Chris (March 1999). "XTC - 'Til Death Do Us Part". Mojo.
- ^ Branwyn, Gareth (5 January 2017). "Inside XTC's "Complicated Game"". Boing Boing.
- ^ Bernhardt, Todd (11 November 2007). "Andy discusses "This Is Pop"". Chalkhills.
- ^ Braxton, Mark (October 2017). "XTC: This Is Pop". Radio Times.