This Is Music

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"This is Music"
"This is Music" cover
Single by The Verve
from the album A Northern Soul
Released 1 May 1995
Format CD, 7", 12"
Genre Britpop, Rock
Length 3:35
Label Hut Records
Producer(s) Owen Morris, The Verve
Chart positions
The Verve singles chronology
"Slide Away"
(1993)
"This is Music"
(1995)
"On Your Own"
(1995)

This is Music was the first song released from The Verve's penultimate album, A Northern Soul. The aptly named song is full of varied lyrical images- mainly due to the fact that the band were generally on ecstasy throughout the recording sessions. The song charted at #35 in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Track listing

CD

  1. "This is Music" - 3.35
  2. "Let the Damage Begin" - 4.23
  3. "You and Me" - 3.53

7"

  1. "This is Music" - 3.35
  2. "Let the Damage Begin" - 4.23

12"

  1. "This is Music" - 3.35
  2. "Let the Damage Begin" - 4.23
  3. "You and Me" - 3.53
The Verve
Nick McCabe | Richard Ashcroft | Simon Jones | Peter Salisbury | Simon Tong
Discography
Studio albums: A Storm in Heaven | A Northern Soul | Urban Hymns
EPs: Verve EP | Five by Five
Compilations: No Come Down | This is Music: The Singles 92-98
Singles: "All in the Mind" | "She's a Superstar" | "Gravity Grave" | "Blue" | "Slide Away" | "This Is Music" | "On Your Own" | "History" | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | "The Drugs Don't Work" | "Lucky Man" | "Sonnet"
Tours: Gravity Grave Tour | Urban Hymns Tour
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