Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)

"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)"
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)"
Single by XTC
from the album Black Sea
Released	December 1980
Recorded	1980
Studio	The Town House, London
Length	3:57
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Andy Partridge
Producer(s)	Steve Lillywhite
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"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" is a song by the British band XTC. Released as the band's 12th single in December 1980, it charted in the UK singles chart at No. 16 on 21 February 1981,^[1] being XTC's biggest single chart success to this date. The song also reached the Irish charts, peaking at No. 20.^[2]

The band performed the song on Top of the Pops^[3] and the Saturday morning show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop.^[4] The tune itself was recorded at Townhouse Studios, London in June 1980. The 7" single is packed with a poster, showing a Sgt. Rock comic. The song is featured on the compilation albums Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982, The Compact XTC, and Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92.

Track listing[]

"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" [single edit] (Andy Partridge) (3:36)
"Living Through Another Cuba" (Andy Partridge)/"Generals And Majors" (Colin Moulding) [live medley] (7:52)

Personnel[]

Terry Chambers – drums, vibraslap
Dave Gregory – guitars
Colin Moulding – vocals, Epiphone Newport bass
Andy Partridge – vocals, guitar, synth

Charts[]

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Irish Singles Chart	20
UK Singles Chart	16

References[]

^ "XTC - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
^ http://www.fireballmedia.ie, Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group -. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
^ TOTP from the 80s (8 November 2014). "XTC – Sgt Rock Is Going To Help Me (Studio, TOTP)". Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via YouTube.
^ egidio sabbadini (10 April 2010). "XTC - Sgt. Rock-Multi-Coloured [S]wap Shop BBC1 Television 1981". Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via YouTube.

External links[]

[1] "XTC - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

[2] ttp://www.fireballmedia.ie, Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group -. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

[3] TOTP from the 80s (8 November 2014). "XTC – Sgt Rock Is Going To Help Me (Studio, TOTP)". Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via YouTube.

[4] sabbadini (10 April 2010). "XTC - Sgt. Rock-Multi-Coloured [S]wap Shop BBC1 Television 1981". Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via YouTube.

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Andy Partridge Colin Moulding Terry Chambers Barry Andrews Dave Gregory
Studio albums	White Music Go 2 Drums and Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express 25 O'Clock Skylarking Psonic Psunspot Oranges & Lemons Nonsuch Apple Venus Volume 1 Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
EP	3D EP
Compilations	Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982 The Compact XTC Chips from the Chocolate Fireball Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89 Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 Upsy Daisy Assortment Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions Coat of Many Cupboards Apple Box Psurroundabout Ride
Singles	"Science Friction" "Statue of Liberty" "This Is Pop?" "Are You Receiving Me? "Life Begins at the Hop" "Making Plans for Nigel" "Ten Feet Tall" "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" "Generals and Majors" "Towers of London" "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" "Take This Town" "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" "Respectable Street" "Senses Working Overtime" "Ball and Chain" "No Thugs in Our House" "Great Fire "Wonderland" "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" "Thanks for Christmas" "All You Pretty Girls" "This World Over" "Wake Up" "The Mole from the Ministry" "Grass" "The Meeting Place" "Dear God" "You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" "Mayor of Simpleton" "King for a Day" "The Loving" "The Disappointed" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "Easter Theatre" "I'd Like That" "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" "Where Did the Ordinary People Go?"
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