Bedsitter (song)
| "Bedsitter" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cover photography by Peter Ashworth[1] | ||||
| Single by Soft Cell | ||||
| from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret | ||||
| B-side | "Facility Girls" | |||
| Released | 29 October 1981 | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, new wave | |||
| Length | 3:36 (Single Version) | |||
| Label | Some Bizzare Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marc Almond, David Ball | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Thorne | |||
| Soft Cell singles chronology | ||||
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"Bedsitter" is a song by British synthpop duo Soft Cell, from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. Released as a single in October 1981, it reached no. 4 in the UK.[2]
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.[3] Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant recalled, "When [bandmate] Chris Lowe and I first met in 1981 there were two electro-pop singles we both loved: 'Bedsitter' by Soft Cell and 'Souvenir' by OMD."[4]
References[]
- ^ National Portrait Gallery: Peter Ashworth: Soft Cell
- ^ "Bedsitter - official charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Jon Savage on song - Guardian". Guardian.com. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ Houghton, Richard (2019). OMD: Pretending to See the Future (expanded paperback ed.). This Day in Music Books. p. 136. ISBN 978-1916115620.
External links[]
- "Soft Cell Bedsitter - Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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