This Is Pop

For the documentary film, see XTC: This Is Pop. For the Canadian television series, see This Is Pop (TV series).
"This Is Pop"
"This Is Pop?" single cover
Song by XTC
from the album White Music
ReleasedJanuary 20, 1978 (1978-01-20)
Recorded1977
Genre
Length2:40
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Andy Partridge
Producer(s)
XTC singles chronology
"Statue of Liberty"
(1978) 		"This Is Pop"
(1978) 		"Are You Receiving Me?"
(1978)

"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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. XTC - Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992 (1996) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Ingham, Chris (March 1999). "XTC - 'Til Death Do Us Part". Mojo.
  5. ^ Branwyn, Gareth (5 January 2017). "Inside XTC's "Complicated Game"". Boing Boing.
  6. ^ Bernhardt, Todd (11 November 2007). "Andy discusses "This Is Pop"". Chalkhills.
  7. ^ Braxton, Mark (October 2017). "XTC: This Is Pop". Radio Times.
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