Pop music

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Chart positions
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Singles
Pop music
  DE 1 06/04/1979 (22 weeks)
  AT 2 07/15/1979 (16 weeks)
  CH 1 06/17/1979 (14 weeks)
  UK 2 04/07/1979 (23 weeks)
  US 1 08/11/1979 (24 weeks)

Pop Muzik is a 1979 song by M , written and produced by Robin Scott . It appeared on the album New York – London – Paris – Munich .

history

Originally, the song was in the R & B - Funk style designed, until a friend of Robin Scott he suggested the use of synthesizers. Scott described the making of pop music in an interview :

"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. "

“I wanted to create a fusion of different styles that would bring together the last 25 years of pop music. It was an idea that I was trying to implement. While rock and roll divided, disco brought people together on a massive scale. So I wanted to make a really simple, boring statement: 'Everything we talk about is basically pop music'. "

- Robin Scott

Other musicians who were involved, besides Scott, were his brother Julian (on bass), Wally Badarou as keyboardist , John Lewis as programmer of the synthesizer, Phil Gould as drummer and Gary Barnacle and Brigit Novik in the backing vocals (listed in the credits as Brigit Vinchon ). The recordings took place in the Mountain Studios in Montreux .

On the picture of the album cover of the single you can see Robin Scott's daughter Berenice Scott, who works as a keyboardist and composer.

The release was on April 6, 1979, in the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark and South Africa, the new wave , synth pop and disco song became a number one hit. Reaching the top spot in the UK failed because of the song Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel .

Music video

The director of the music video was Brian Grant. In the clip you can see Robin Scott as a DJ who puts on records. He is accompanied by two female models who sing and dance like robots. In the video you can also see Scott's then partner Brigit Novik, who also works as a background singer.

Cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart placements: Pop Muzik von M on Chartsurfer.de
  2. ↑ One-hit Wonders at the BBC , BBC Four , first aired April 17, 2015
  3. ↑ a b Fred Bronson: "Pop Muzik" - M . In: Super Seventies (Ed.): The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 4th edition. 1988, ISBN 0-8230-7641-5 ( online [accessed July 23, 2013]).
  4. ↑ 1970s In: Defining Decades , first broadcast on April 17, 2015 on Vintage TV