Bedsitter (song)

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"Bedsitter"
Soft Cell cover Bedsittier.jpg
Cover photography by Peter Ashworth [1]
Single by Soft Cell
from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
B-side "Facility Girls"
Released2 November 1981 [2]
Genre
Length3:36(Single Version)
Label Some Bizzare Records
Songwriter(s) Marc Almond, David Ball
Producer(s) Mike Thorne
Soft Cell singles chronology
"Tainted Love"
(1981)		"Bedsitter"
(1981)		"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"
(1982)

"Bedsitter" is a song by British synth-pop duo Soft Cell, from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret . Released as a single in early 2 November 1981, it reached No. 4 in the UK. [5]

A song that explored the underbelly of the London club scene of the time, it has been described by critic Jon Savage as one of the greatest songs of the 1980s. [6] Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant included the track in a 2006 edition of the Guardian 's "Soundtrack of My Life" series. [7]

References

  1. ↑ National Portrait Gallery: Peter Ashworth: Soft Cell
  2. ↑ "BPI certifications".
  3. ↑ Bradley, Larry (November 4, 2014). "The 1980s: Soft Cell - "Bedsitter". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 132. ISBN   978-1-84403-789-6.
  4. 1 2 Reynolds, Simon (January 1, 2005). "Electric Dreams: Synthpop". Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. Faber & Faber. p. 334. ISBN   0-571-21570-X . Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Bedsitter - official charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jon Savage on Song". Guardian.com. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Hodgkinson, Will (12 November 2006). "Soundtrack of My Life: Neil Tennant". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 July 2023.


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