Senses Working Overtime
1982 single by XTC
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| from the album English Settlement | ||||
| Released | January 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Studio | The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England | |||
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| Length | 4:34 (single edit) 4:53 (album version) | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Andy Partridge | |||
| Producer(s) | Hugh Padgham, XTC | |||
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"Senses Working Overtime" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the lead single from their 1982 album English Settlement. He based the song on Manfred Mann's "5-4-3-2-1" (1964).[3] The album and single became the highest-charting records XTC would ever have in the UK, peaking at number five and number 10, respectively.[4][5]
At the suggestion of its director, the song's music video was filmed at double-speed and then slowed down, to make the musicians appear "more graceful". Partridge recalled: "That one was done really quickly, in Shepperton Studios while we were rehearsing for the English Settlement tour. And so that's us rehearsing. ... [The half-speed idea has] been used a hell of a lot since then, but I think we were the first ones to do it."[6]
Track listing
- "Senses Working Overtime" (Andy Partridge)
- "Blame the Weather" (Colin Moulding)
- "Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)" (Partridge)
On the 12" release, "Egyptian Solution (Thebes in a Box) (Homo Safari #3)" (Partridge) was added to the A-side as track 2; the B-side comprised "Blame the Weather" and "Tissue Tigers" on both 7" and 12".
Personnel
XTC
- Terry Chambers – drums, drum synthesiser
- Dave Gregory – electric 12–string guitar, percussion
- Colin Moulding – fretless bass, backing vocals
- Andy Partridge – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
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Mandy Moore version
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| Single by Mandy Moore | ||||
| from the album Coverage | ||||
| Released | February 10, 2004 | |||
| Length | 4:08 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Andy Partridge | |||
| Producer(s) | John Fields | |||
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"Senses Working Overtime" was the third single released from Moore's third studio album Coverage (2003). It was written by Andy Partridge and produced by John Fields.
The song was included on Moore’s first greatest hits album The Best of Mandy Moore (2004).
Other versions
- 1995: Spacehog, A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC
References
- ^ Hughes, Rob (18 August 2016). "Andy Partridge: The Big Interview". Prog. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Mandy Says". Spin. Vol. 19, no. 11. November 2003. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Partridge, Andy; Bernhardt, Todd (2016). Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC. Jawbone Press. ISBN 978-1-908279-78-1.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "XTC". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ Ingham, Chris (March 1999). "XTC - 'Til Death Do Us Part". Mojo.
- ^ Bernhardt, Todd (11 December 2006). "Andy discusses 'Senses Working Overtime'". Chalkhills.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 344. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "XTC – Senses Working Overtime" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for 'XTC' (from irishcharts.ie)". Fireball Media, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "XTC – Senses Working Overtime" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "XTC – Senses Working Overtime". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Kent Music Report No 445 – 3 January 1983 > National Top 100 Singles for 1982". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
External links
- "Senses Working Overtime" on Chalkhills
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- Andy Partridge
- Colin Moulding
- Terry Chambers
- Barry Andrews
- Dave Gregory
- White Music
- Go 2
- Drums and Wires
- Black Sea
- English Settlement
- Mummer
- The Big Express
- 25 O'Clock
- Skylarking
- Psonic Psunspot
- Oranges & Lemons
- Nonsuch
- Apple Venus Volume 1
- Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
- 3D EP
- 5 Senses
- Live in Concert
- Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982
- Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982
- The Compact XTC
- Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
- Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
- Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers
- Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89
- Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92
- Upsy Daisy Assortment
- Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions
- Coat of Many Cupboards
- Apple Box
- Psurroundabout Ride
- "Science Friction"
- "Statue of Liberty"
- "This Is Pop?"
- "Are You Receiving Me?
- "Life Begins at the Hop"
- "Making Plans for Nigel"
- "Ten Feet Tall"
- "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down"
- "Generals and Majors"
- "Towers of London"
- "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen"
- "Take This Town"
- "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)"
- "Respectable Street"
- "Senses Working Overtime"
- "Ball and Chain"
- "No Thugs in Our House"
- "Great Fire
- "Wonderland"
- "Love on a Farmboy's Wages"
- "Thanks for Christmas"
- "All You Pretty Girls"
- "This World Over"
- "Wake Up"
- "The Mole from the Ministry"
- "Grass"
- "The Meeting Place"
- "Dear God"
- "You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)"
- "Mayor of Simpleton"
- "King for a Day"
- "The Loving"
- "The Disappointed"
- "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"
- "Easter Theatre"
- "I'd Like That"
- "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love"
- "Where Did the Ordinary People Go?"
- A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC
- Fuzzy Warbles
- Great Aspirations
- Homespun
- Homegrown
- Instruvenus
- Take Away / The Lure of Salvage
- Waspstrumental
- XTC: This Is Pop
- Planet England
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