This Is Pop
1978 song by XTC
"This Is Pop" | ||||
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Song by XTC | ||||
from the album White Music | ||||
Released | January 20, 1978 (1978-01-20) | |||
Recorded | 1977 | |||
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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 album White Music. A rerecorded version, typeset as "This Is Pop?", was released as the group's third single.[4]
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). "Pleasently 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.
External links
- "This Is Pop" on Chalkhills
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- Terry Chambers
- Barry Andrews
- Dave Gregory
- White Music
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- 25 O'Clock
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- Apple Venus Volume 1
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- Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982
- Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982
- The Compact XTC
- Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
- Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
- Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers
- Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89
- Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92
- Upsy Daisy Assortment
- Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions
- Coat of Many Cupboards
- Apple Box
- Psurroundabout Ride
- "Statue of Liberty"
- "This Is Pop?"
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- "Making Plans for Nigel"
- "Generals and Majors"
- "Towers of London"
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- "Senses Working Overtime"
- "Ball and Chain"
- "Wonderland"
- "Love on a Farmboy's Wages"
- "Thanks for Christmas"
- "All You Pretty Girls"
- "This World Over"
- "Wake Up"
- "Grass"
- "The Meeting Place"
- "Dear God"
- "Mayor of Simpleton"
- "King for a Day"
- "The Disappointed"
- "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"
- "Easter Theatre"
- A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC
- Fuzzy Warbles
- Great Aspirations
- Homespun
- Homegrown
- Take Away / The Lure of Salvage
- Waspstrumental
- XTC: This Is Pop
- Planet England
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