She Is Beyond Good and Evil

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"She Is Beyond Good and Evil"
The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil.jpeg
Single by The Pop Group
B-side "3'38"
Released2 March 1979
Genre
Length3:23
Label Radar
Songwriter(s) The Pop Group
Producer(s) Dennis Bovell
The Pop Group singles chronology
"She Is Beyond Good and Evil"
(1979)
"We Are All Prostitutes"
(1979)
Music video
"She Is Beyond Good and Evil"
on youtube.com

"She Is Beyond Good and Evil" is a song by English post-punk band The Pop Group. It was released as a single on March 2, 1979, through Radar Records. [4]

Contents

Lyrics

In discussing the song, Stewart described the lyrics as "being about unconditional love as a revolutionary force – where idealism and energy mix poetic, existential, and political yearnings with the romantic idea of passing through nihilism and emerging on the other side with something positive, something beyond." [5]

Accolades

PublicationCountryAccoladeYearRank
NME United KingdomSingles of the Year [6] 197919
Sounds United KingdomThe 100 Best Singles of All Time [7] 198669
NMEUnited KingdomThe Top 150 Singles of All Time [8] 198771
Paul Morley United KingdomWords and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time [9] 2003*
Pitchfork Media United StatesThe Pitchfork 500 (1977–1979) [10] 2008*
The Guardian United Kingdom1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear [11] 2009*
Q United Kingdom50 Ultimate British Songs [12] 201127
TrebleUnited StatesThe Top 200 Songs of the 1970s [13] 201249

(*) designates unordered lists.

Formats and track listing

All songs written by The Pop Group.

UK 7" single (ADA 29)
  1. "She Is Beyond Good and Evil" – 3:23
  2. "3'38" – 3:38

Personnel

References

  1. Alexander, Phil (1 April 2014). "20 Great Post-Punk Tracks". Mojo . Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. Thomas, Fred. "Citizen Zombie". Allmusic . Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  3. Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Routine is the Enemy of Music: Post-punk". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 484. ISBN   978-0-571-28198-5.
  4. "She Is Beyond Good and Evil Single". thepopgroup.net. 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  5. Nickel, Larissa (March 24, 2014). "Paradise Lost: The Portal in California City". KCET . Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  6. "NME Singles – 1979". Rockerilla. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  7. "Sounds All Time Top 100 Singles". Sounds . Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  8. "NME Writers All Time Top 150 Singles 1987". NME . Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  9. "Greatest Pop Single of All Time". NME . Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  10. Plagenhoef, Scott; Schreiber, Ryan, eds. (November 2008). The Pitchfork 500 . Simon & Schuster. p. 24. ISBN   978-1-4165-6202-3.
  11. "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear". The Guardian . Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  12. "50 Ultimate British Songs". Q . Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  13. "The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s". Treble. Retrieved September 11, 2014.