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Wikipedia article




"'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.

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". The song's opening F chord was based on the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" (1964).

Legacy



The song title was adopted for the 2017 documentary about the band, 'XTC: This Is Pop'.

Personnel



'XTC'

*Barry Andrews keyboards

*Terry Chambers drums

*Colin Moulding bass, vocals

*Andy Partridge vocals, guitar

References




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