Bedsitter (song)

"Bedsitter"
Cover photography by Peter Ashworth[2]
Single by Soft Cell
from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
B-side"Facility Girls"
Released2 November 1981[1]
Genre
Length3:36 (Single Version)
LabelSome Bizzare Records
Songwriter(s)Marc Almond, David Ball
Producer(s)Mike Thorne
Soft Cell singles chronology
"Tainted Love"
(1981) 		"Bedsitter"
(1981) 		"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"
(1982)

"Bedsitter" is a song by British synth-pop duo Soft Cell, from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. Released as a single in early 2 November 1981, it reached No. 4 in the UK.[5]

A song that explored the underbelly of the London club scene of the time, it has been described by critic Jon Savage as one of the greatest songs of the 1980s.[6] Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant included the track in a 2006 edition of the Guardian's "Soundtrack of My Life" series.[7]

References

  1. ^ "BPI certifications".
  2. ^ National Portrait Gallery: Peter Ashworth: Soft Cell
  3. ^ Bradley, Larry (November 4, 2014). "The 1980s: Soft Cell - "Bedsitter". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.
  4. ^ a b Reynolds, Simon (January 1, 2005). "Electric Dreams: Synthpop". Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. Faber & Faber. p. 334. ISBN 0-571-21570-X. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Bedsitter - official charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Jon Savage on Song". Guardian.com. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (12 November 2006). "Soundtrack of My Life: Neil Tennant". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2023.


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