"This Is Pop" is a song by the English rock band XTC from their 1978 debut studio album White Music. A rerecorded version, typeset as "This Is Pop?", was released as the group's third single. The single was released on the 20th of January, 1978, the same day as the album, and promoted as the second and final single to the album.
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
External links "This Is Pop" on Chalkhills