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1 Concept and chart performance
2 Album
3 Other formats
4 Remixes and covers
5 Track listings
6 Notes

Concept and chart performance

Robin Scott describes the genesis of "Pop Muzik" this way:

I was looking to make a fusion of various styles which somehow would summarize the last 25 years of pop music. It was a deliberate point I was trying to make. Whereas rock and roll had created a generation gap, disco was bringing people together on an enormous scale. That's why I really wanted to make a simple, bland statement, which was, 'All we're talking about basically (is) pop music.

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The single was released in the UK first, peaking at number 2 on May 12, 1979, unable to break Art Garfunkel's 6 week stint at number 1 with Bright Eyes. "Bright Eyes" is a song written by Mike Batt, and performed by Art Garfunkel. In August of that same year, it was released in America, where it eventually climbed all the way to number one on November 3.

Along with Scott, other musicians who played on the track were his brother Julian Scott (on bass), then unknown keyboardist Wally Badarou, Canadian synthesizer programmer John Lewis (who died of AIDS in 1985) and Brigit Novik, the backing vocalist. Wally Badarou (born 22 March 1955, Paris, France) is a Musician from Benin. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)

The single was bolstered by a promotional video that was well received in its day; the clip featured Scott as a DJ singing into a microphone from behind an exaggerated turntable setup, at times flanked by two women who sang and danced in a robotic manner. One of the sight gags in the video depicted a rather plain-looking woman actually recording the backup vocals, which are then mimed by the female models, something that seems to foreshadow a number of incidents that occurred much later in the music industry with groups such as Milli Vanilli, C&C Music Factory, and Black Box. Milli Vanilli were a pop and Dance music project formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988 fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob For other David Cole's see David Cole (disambiguation C+C Music Factory was a dance music production group (led by Robert Clivillés and Black Box (later Blackbox) was an Italo-house music group popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s

The single's B-side, "M Factor", was featured in two different versions. The original cut appeared on the first UK and European releases of the single, while a slightly remixed version appeared on the single released in the United States and Canada.

Album

The subsequent full-length album New York • London • Paris • Munich was recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, at Queen's Mountain Studio, using their regular engineer David Richards, as well as Julian Scott, Wally Badarou (who would later work with Steve Winwood, among others) and Brigit Novik. New York &bull London &bull Paris &bull Munich is M 's first album released in 1979 the title being taken from a line in the chorus of the April 1979 hit Montreux is a municipality in the district of Vevey in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter Additional musicians on the album included drummer Phil Gould (later of Level 42), Gary Barnacle on saxophone and flute and (at the time) local Montreux resident David Bowie, who did occasional handclaps. Philip Gabriel Gould, also know as Phil Gould ( February 28, 1957) is a British professional Drummer from the Isle of Wight Level 42 are an English Pop rock and Jazz-funk band. The group had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s and have David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. The album was also released in the U. S. on Sire Records, but it did very poorly. Sire Records Company is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros

Other formats

The 12-inch single version was notable for the B-side having a double groove such that the two tracks ("Pop Muzik" and "M Factor") both started at the outer edge of the record and finished in the middle (with a long silence at the end of "M Factor" since the track was the shorter of the two). A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s This resulted in a fairly random selection of tracks.

Remixes and covers

"Pop Muzik" was re-released in remixed form several times, first in 1989. A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Other remixes and remakes recorded by other artists have come from all sides since its creation, including Marcus' "Pop Muzic 2001", eX-Girl in 2001, and by Junior Vasquez and the Dub Pistols in 2003. eX-Girl is a Japanese female pop trio Overview They claim to hail from the planet Kero Kero Junior Vasquez, born Donald Mattern in August 1946 in Lancaster Pennsylvania, is a famous New York City club DJ and Remixer / producer

A dance remix of the original M track by Steve Osborne was used by U2 during the introduction to each concert on their 1997-1998 PopMart Tour. For other uses see M (disambiguation M is English singer Robin Scott 's briefly active musical collaboration in the late 1970s and Steve Osborne is a Dance music producer. He has worked with many bands and musicians such as New Order. The PopMart Tour, often referred to as simply PopMart, was a world concert tour by the Irish rock band U2. The remix was later released as the "Pop Mart Mix" on U2's "Last Night on Earth" single, with new vocals by Bono and slightly altered lyrics. " Last Night on Earth " is the third single from U2 's 1997 album Pop.

Tricky released a cover version of the song as a B-side to his 1999 single "For Real". Tricky (born Adrian Thaws 27 January, 1968) is an English musician A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s

A cover of "Pop Muzik" by 3rd Party appeared on the soundtrack album to the 1998 movie A Night at the Roxbury. A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 Comedy film based on a recurring skit on Television 's long-running Saturday Night Live.

Track listings

Original 7" single

Original 7" single released by MCA Records and EMI in Europe. MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in

Pop Muzik – 3:21
M Factor – 2:30

Long version single

Single released as a 7" vinyl in the United States by Sire Records, and as a 12" vinyl in France by Pathé Marconi EMI, both featuring a longer version of the song. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Sire Records Company is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Pathé Records was a France based international Record label active from the 1890s through the 1930s The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in

Pop Muzik (Long Version) – 4:58
M Factor – 2:30

Netherlands 12" single

12" single released in the Netherlands by MCA Records. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc The B-side "M Factor" was featured on the A-side of the vinyl on this release, with a remix of the title song on the B-side.

Pop Muzik
M Factor
Pop Muzik (Long Version)

Sweden 7" 1989 release

7" single re-released in Sweden in 1989 by Freestyle Records. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

Pop Muzik (Edited 1989 Remix) – 3:10
Pop Muzik (Original 7" Version) – 3:20

Sweden 12" 1989 release

12" single released in Sweden in 1989 by Freestyle Records. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

Pop Muzik (Extended 1989 Hip Hop Remix) – 5:40
Pop Muzik (7" Version) – 3:20
Pop Muzik (Edited 1989 Dub Remix) – 3:20
Pop Muzik (Original 12" Version) – 5:00
Pop Muzik (Edited 1989 Remix) – 3:10

Germany 12" 1989 release

12" single re-released in Germany in 1989 by ZYX Records. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) ZYX Music is a German Record label which was founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski.

Pop Muzik (The Hip Hop Club Remix) – 5:38
Pop Muzik (The Hip Hop Remix) – 3:20
Pop Muzik (Original '79 Mix) – 3:21

Notes

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Preceded by "Rise" by Herb Alpert	Billboard Hot 100 number one single November 3, 1979	Succeeded by "Heartache Tonight" by Eagles

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