Head On (song)
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| Single by The Jesus and Mary Chain from the album Automatic |
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| Released | 1990 | ||||
| Format | 3x7" | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 4:11 | ||||
| Label | Blanco y Negro | ||||
| Producer | Jim Reid William Reid |
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"Head On" is a song written by Jim Reid and William Reid of the British alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. "Head On" was originally recorded by The Jesus and Mary Chain for their 1989 album Automatic. It was released as a single in the U.S. and UK in 1990.
Although the song peaked at #2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US, it only made it up to #57 in the band's native United Kingdom.
The song has been covered by several other groups, most notably the American alternative rock band Pixies.
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[edit] The Pixies cover
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| Single by Pixies from the album Trompe le Monde |
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| Released | 1992 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 2:14 | ||||
| Label | 4AD (UK) Elektra (U.S.) |
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| Writer(s) | Jim Reid William Reid |
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| Producer | Gil Norton | ||||
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"Head On" was covered by the American alternative rock band Pixies for their 1991 album Trompe le Monde. The Pixies' version was released as a single in 1992.
[edit] Video
By 1991, the Pixies refused to film music videos for their singles. After a long debate with their record company in the United States, Elektra Records, the band relented and agree to film a video, as long as the song was done completely live. Peter Lubin, the A&R representative of Elektra at the time, later explained the situation:[1]
| “ | By completely live that means full band, vocals, cameras roll, video's done by the end of two minutes and 13 seconds. One take, that's it. So those became the ground rules, that was the only way you were going to get a Pixies video for "Head On" or anything else | ” |
Lubin then came up with the idea for the video. 12 cameras would be placed, "dividing" each band member into three blocks. Frontman Black Francis was happy with this idea, so Scott Litt was then hired to produce the video.[2] After the video had been filmed, Elektra invited the "whole decision-making team from MTV" to view it. "Head On"'s video was then added onto MTV's rotation, with the video later receiving the "Breakthrough Video" award.[2]
[edit] Other cover versions
Other groups who have recorded "Head On" include the Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana on their 1992 album, Acústico MTV, and the Valencian glam punk band Gore Gore Gays.
[edit] References
- Frank, Josh; Ganz, Caryn. "Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies." Virgin Books, 2005. ISBN 0-312-34007-9.
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