Merry (song)

""Rip the Wreck"/"Merry""
The single was issued with bright yellow and bright green covers
Single by Magnapop
A-side	"Rip the Wreck"
B-side	"Merry"
Released	1990 (1990)
Recorded	1990, Furies Studios, Marietta, Georgia, United States
Genre	Pop punk
Length	5:12
Label	Safety Net
Songwriter(s)	Linda Hopper, Ruthie Morris
Producer(s)	Ed Burdell
Magnapop singles chronology
"Rip the Wreck" / "Merry" (1990) "Merry" / "Complicated" (1992)

""Merry"/"Complicated""
Single by Magnapop
A-side	"Merry"
B-side	"Complicated"
Released	1992 (1992)
Recorded	December 1990, John Keane Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre	Pop punk
Length	4:58
Label	Solid
Songwriter(s)	Linda Hopper, Ruthie Morris
Producer(s)	Michael Stipe
Magnapop singles chronology
"Rip the Wreck" / "Merry" (1990) "Merry" / "Complicated" (1992) "Slowly, Slowly" (1994)

"Merry" is a song by American power pop band Magnapop. It was initially released in 1990 as the B-side to a 7" through Safety Net Records (catalogue number NET 17) under the band's original name of Homemade Sister. The song was re-recorded and released again on the EP Sugarland as well as the band's self-titled debut album in 1992 on Solid Records (527.9013.40.)

A live acoustic recording of the song from June 7, 1992, was released on the EP Big Bright Cherry as well as the special edition of the studio album Hot Boxing. A new studio recording of it appears on the 2019 album The Circle Is Round.

NME described the second recording as "a sublime piece of pop supremacy"[1] and James Sullivan, writing for Addicted to Noise in 1996 declared it one of the group's finest songs.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris

1990 release

1. "Rip the Wreck" – 2:45
2. "Merry" – 2:27

1992 release

1. "Merry" – 3:05
2. "Complicated" – 1:53

Personnel

Magnapop

• Linda Hopper – lead vocals
• David McNair – drums
• Ruthie Morris – lead guitar
• Shannon Mulvaney – bass guitar

Production staff

• Bill Ashton – engineering (original release)
• Ed Burdell – production (original release)
• Cathy Carmichael – photography (original release)
• Michael Stipe – production (later release)
• Gina Tackett – photography (original release)

References

1. Morris, Gina (1992-07-04), "Magnapop – NME Interview: Pop Will Treat Itself", NME
2. Sullivan, James (July 1996). "Magnapop: Quality Is Job One (Part Two of Five)". Addicted to Noise. Archived from the original on 2001-04-30. Retrieved 2011-02-25.

External links

• "Merry" at Discogs