Rip It Up and Start Again Talking Heads
| "Rip Information technology Up" | ||||
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| Single by Orange Juice | ||||
| from the album Rip It Up | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | Feb 1983 | |||
| Recorded | Berwick Street Studios, London | |||
| Genre | New moving ridge | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(due south) | Edwyn Collins | |||
| Producer(s) | Martin Hayles | |||
| Orange Juice singles chronology | ||||
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"Rip Information technology Up" is a 1983 single by Scottish indie pop ring Orangish Juice. It was the second unmarried to be released from their 1982 album of the same name. The vocal became the ring's just UK superlative twoscore success, reaching no. 8 in the chart. "Rip It Upward" signalled a departure from the sound of the band'southward before singles, with Chic-influenced guitars and using a synthesiser to create a more disco-oriented sound.
The song was sampled in 2009 by British soul singer Beverley Knight on her song "In Your Shoes" from the album 100%.
In 2014, NME ranked information technology at number 216 in its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension.[ane] It was also included by Pitchfork at number 157 in a list of The Best 200 Songs of the 1980s.[2]
Recording and influences [edit]
The song was recorded every bit part of the sessions for Orange Juice's 2d studio album and would go on to become the title track of said album. It marked a divergence from their previous guitar-popular based material, instead utilising Chic way guitar-funk and a bubbles Roland TB-303 synthesiser bassline, becoming the offset nautical chart single to feature the musical instrument.[3] The song also quotes two lines of lyrics ("You know me, I'g acting impaired-impaired / You know this scene is very humdrum")[four] [5] [half-dozen] and a snatch of the guitar riff from "Colorlessness", a song past Buzzcocks that featured on their debut Spiral Scratch EP.[3] The riff chimes briefly in, just as Collins namechecks the vocal in the lyrics claiming that "...and my favourite vocal is entitled 'Boredom'."[3] Backing vocals on the vocal were provided by Paul Quinn, the lead singer of fellow Scottish band Bourgie Bourgie, with whom Collins would later record a single in 1984, a comprehend of the Velvet Underground song "Pale Bluish Eyes."[ citation needed ]
Music video [edit]
The video opens with the band in a futuristic, but cheaply constructed, command room as they sing, dance and operate various controls. The band then sentinel themselves on a monitor screen as they walk down a rainy British high street dressed in incongruous, brightly coloured summertime apparel. The video and then cuts back to the command room, this fourth dimension with the band playing their instruments superimposed over it, earlier returning to more scenes of a British city in torrential pelting as the band walk around in scuba diving gear. The video finally cuts back to the band playing in a argent foil covered room, before superimposing them over a pile of random photographs.
United kingdom unmarried release [edit]
"Rip It Up" was released as a single in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland in February 1983. The seven inch vinyl version of the single was available in iii versions, a double pack including a second seven-inch and a fold out affiche,[seven] along with two versions of the standard release, initially with a silver injection moulded labels,[8] so subsequently with paper printed labels.[9] The song was likewise released on twelve inch vinyl, with extended versions of the title runway and B-side.[vii] All versions were housed in a newspaper sleeve depicting a US P-xl Warhawk fighter plane (busy with optics and teeth) partially submerged, tail offset, in the ocean,[seven] drawn past Edwyn Collins.
Rail listing [edit]
| No. | Championship | Author(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rip It Up" | Edwyn Collins | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Snake Charmer" | Malcolm Ross | 4:43 |
| No. | Championship | Writer(south) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| one. | "Rip It Up" | Edwyn Collins | |
| 2. | "Ophidian Charmer" | Malcolm Ross | |
| three. | "Dear Sick" (Live) | Edwyn Collins | |
| iv. | "A Sad Lament" | Edwyn Collins |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| i. | "Rip It Up" (Long Version) | Edwyn Collins | |
| 2. | "A Sad Complaining" (Long Version) | Edwyn Collins |
Nautical chart positions [edit]
| Nautical chart (1983) | Acme position |
|---|---|
| Ireland (IRMA)[12] | 23 |
| United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Singles Chart[13] | 8 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[10] | 42 |
References [edit]
- ^ "Rocklist.internet....NME The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Fourth dimension.. 2014". www.rocklistmusic.co.uk.
- ^ "The 200 All-time Songs of the 1980s - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
- ^ a b c "Buzzcocks: Boredom / Orange Juice: Rip It Upwardly". Stylus Mag. 25 August 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ Cooper, Neil (19 July 2020). "'It's the Buzz, Cock!' – Love, Autonomy and Grassroots Music Venues in the Time of Covid". Bella Caledonia . Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Orangish Juice - Rip It Upward Lyrics". Genius . Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Buzzcocks - Colorlessness Lyrics". Genius . Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Orange Juice - Rip It Up 12". Discogs. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "Orange Juice - Rip It Up". Discogs. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "Orange Juice - Rip Information technology Upwards". Discogs. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Orange Juice - Rip It Up (Song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "Orange Juice - Rip It Up". Discogs. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Rip It Upwards". Irish Singles Nautical chart.
- ^ "Orange Juice". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
External links [edit]
- Music video on YouTube
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_It_Up_(Orange_Juice_song)
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