This Is Pop

"This Is Pop" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released on their 1978 album White Music. Partridge wrote the song as a response to labels such as "punk", which he believed were redundant of "pop".[1] The song's opening F chord was based on The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" (1964).[2] A rerecorded version, typeset as "This Is Pop?", was released as the group's third single.[3]

For the documentary, see XTC: This Is Pop.
"This Is Pop"
"This Is Pop?" single cover
Song by XTC
from the album White Music
ReleasedJanuary 20, 1978 (1978-01-20)
Recorded1977
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Andy Partridge
Producer(s)
  • John Leckie (album version)
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange (single version)
XTC singles chronology
"Statue of Liberty"
(1978)		 "This Is Pop"
(1978)		 "Are You Receiving Me?"
(1978)

Its title inspired the 2017 documentary of the same name.[4]

Personnel

XTC

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References
  1. Branwyn, Gareth (5 January 2017). "Inside XTC's "Complicated Game"". Boing Boing.
  2. Bernhardt, Todd (11 November 2007). "Andy discusses "This Is Pop"". Chalkhills.
  3. Ingham, Chris (March 1999). "XTC - 'Til Death Do Us Part". Mojo.
  4. Braxton, Mark (October 2017). "XTC: This Is Pop". Radio Times.
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