World Shut Your Mouth (song)

"World Shut Your Mouth" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Julian Cope. It is the first single released in support of his third album Saint Julian. The title of the song is the same as Cope's first solo album, World Shut Your Mouth.

"World Shut Your Mouth"
Single by Julian Cope
from the album Saint Julian
B-side"Umpteenth Unnatural Blues"
ReleasedSeptember 1986 (1986)
Length3:34 (album version)
3:05 (single version)
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Julian Cope
Producer(s)Double De Harrison
Julian Cope singles chronology
"Sunspots"
(1985)		 "World Shut Your Mouth"
(1986)		 "Trampolene"
(1987)

Release

"World Shut Your Mouth" was released as a single from Saint Julian in September 1986. The song was Cope's biggest hit to date, reaching number 19 in the UK and number 84 in the US, his only single to chart there. Cope said of the success he achieved with the song, "I hated [being a pop star]. I hated the assholes. And I hated the fact … it's what Smithy [Mark E. Smith] said himself, that all the English bands act like peasants with free milk. All their belligerence went and they turned into forelock-tugging gruelheads as soon as they were around record company types".[1]

Ned Raggett of AllMusic described the song as a "simply fantastic hit UK single".[2]

Formats and track listing

All songs written by Julian Cope, except where noted.

UK 7" single (IS 290)
  1. "World Shut Your Mouth" – 3:05
  2. "Umpteenth Unnatural Blues" – 2:58
UK 12" single (12 IS 290)
  1. "World Shut Your Mouth" – 3:34
  2. "(I've Got) Levitation" (Hall, Sutherland) – 3:02
  3. "Umpteenth Unnatural Blues" – 2:58
  4. "Non-Alignment Pact" (Pere Ubu) – 2:48
  5. "Transporting" (Julian Cope Group) – 3:34
UK cassette single (C IS 290)
  1. Interview – 8:00
  2. "World Shut Your Mouth" – 3:05
  3. "(I've Got) Levitation" (Hall, Sutherland) – 3:02
  4. "Umpteenth Unnatural Blues" – 2:58
  5. "Non-Alignment Pact" (Pere Ubu) – 2:48
UK 12" remix single" single (12 ISX 290)
  1. "World Shut Your Mouth" [Remix by Trouble Funk - Long Version] – 4:35
  2. "(I've Got) Levitation" (Hall, Sutherland) – 3:02
  3. "World Shut Your Mouth" [Remix by Trouble Funk - Short Version] – 3:09

Accolades
Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1986NMEUnited Kingdom "Singles of the Year"27[3]
2011NMEUnited Kingdom "501 Lost Songs"*[4]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Chart positions
Chart (1986/87) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[5] 97
Irish Singles Chart[6] 13
New Zealand Singles Chart[7] 35
UK Singles Chart[8] 19
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 84
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[9] 22
Chart (1992) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[10] 44
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References
  1. Hattenstone, Simon. "Julian Cope interview: 'I live in a visionary state … I'm a wild beast'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "Saint Julian - Julian Cope". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "NME Singles 1986". NME. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. "501 Lost Songs". NME. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  5. "Top Singles - Volume 45, No. 25, March 28, 1987". RPM. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  6. "World Shut Your Mouth". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  7. "Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth". charts.nz. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  8. "Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  9. "World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope". Billboard. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  10. "Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth {1992}". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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