This Is Pop
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| "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 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter | Andy Partridge | |||
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| XTC singles chronology | ||||
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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.[5] 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
[edit | edit source]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".[6] The song's opening F chord was based on the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" (1964).[4]
Legacy
[edit | edit source]The song title was adopted for the 2017 documentary about the band, XTC: This Is Pop.[7]
Personnel
[edit | edit source]XTC
- Barry Andrews – keyboards
- Terry Chambers – drums
- Colin Moulding – bass, vocals
- Andy Partridge – vocals, guitar
References
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