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Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
Background information
Origin
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Genres
Indie rock, Indie folk, Folk rock, Chamber pop, Alternative rock, Punk
Years active
2004 (2004)–present (present)
Labels
Mariel Recording Company
Website
margotandthenuclearsoandsos.com
Members
Richard Edwards
Tyler Watkins
Heidi Gluck
Kenny Childers
Ronnie Kwasman
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's is a band from Indianapolis, Indiana. Their style was described as "cinematic chamber pop" that "both the casual music fan and music perfectionist will enjoy" by MacKenzie Wilson in a review of their album The Dust of Retreat.[1] As they have evolved over their eleven-year history, their sound has changed significantly, moving from the orchestral sound that defined their original existence to a guitar rock that characterized their middle albums to a much softer sound today.[when?]
Contents
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1 Band History
2 Releases
3 Discography
4 Members
5 References
Band History[edit]
Originally, the founding members of the band, Richard Edwards and Andy Fry, would tell journalists that they met in a pet store in 2004. However, they later admitted that this was untrue. Fry befriended Edwards while he was still a teen, the two bonding over their musical ambitions.[2]
Eventually, in 2004, the two formed Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, named after the character Margot in Wes Anderson's 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums.[3]
Over time, many friends of Edwards and Fry in the Indianapolis area moved in with the two and joined the band as well. "Most of them were borderline homeless so it was mostly out of necessity," Edwards told in 2008.[2] By the time their first album The Dust of Retreat was released in 2006, the band contained eight full-time members.
After a move to Chicago in 2009, Richard Edwards began to experiment with a new band lineup, and eventually decided on a six-man group made up of some former members and some Chicago-area musicians. This new lineup allowed Edwards to take the band in a more rock-based direction which could be seen in their next two studio albums Buzzard (2010), and Rot Gut, Domestic (2012).[4]
On December 4, 2015 the band released a five album rarities box set via Joyful Noise Recordings. In an interview with blogger Adam Vitcavage, Richard Edwards discussed his battle with Clostridium difficile colitis as well as the future of the band. Edwards proclaimed, "I've threatened to break up this stupid band so many times, I don't want to continue crying wolf. That said, I don't currently see any real reason for Margot to continue." [5]
Releases[edit]
The band's first full album, The Dust of Retreat was released in 2005 on the local Standard Recording Company. It was remastered and re-released on March 26, 2006 by Artemis Records.[4]
Two Margot full lengths were released on October 7, 2008 - Animal! and Not Animal (CD, vinyl, and online download). All releases were by Epic Records. Four intimate live recordings of Margot songs, two of which are exclusively to Animal!, were available for free download on the website Daytrotter.
There were delays in the release of Margot's second full length, due to disagreements between the band and Epic Records regarding the song selection of the album. Animal! is Margot's preferred version of their second full-length, while Not Animal was Epic's. Five songs appear on both releases (there were 12 tracks on each album). On their MySpace page, the band has said they would like fans to listen to Animal! first. The band was a featured musical guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in November 2008. They played their new song "As Tall As Cliffs", one of only four songs to appear on both Animal! and Not Animal.
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s released their third album, Buzzard, on September 21, 2010 via Mariel Recordings, their own label with distribution through Redeye. The album features many Chicago musicians and friends of the band, including Tim Rutili (Califone, Red Red Meat), Joe Adamik, Cameron McGill, Katie Todd, Brian Deck (Red Red Meat, producer) and Ronnie Kwasman.
Their fourth album, Rot Gut, Domestic, produced by John Congleton, was released early to pledges for digital download via PledgeMusic on March 12, 2012. The CD and vinyl versions were released nationally on March 20, 2012.
Margot's fifth album, Sling Shot to Heaven was released on April 22, 2014 through the Mariel Recording Company. Also released with this album came a movie shot on 16 mm film entitled Tell Me More About Evil: A Film about Margot & the Nuclear So and So's. This film included stripped down versions of many album tracks and also included some voice narration. On November 4, 2014, the soundtrack to the film was released as a digital download, on vinyl, and on cassette tape.
Richard Edwards worked on compiling a rarities box set that encompassed all of their studio albums. The Bride On The Boxcar - A Decade of Margot Rarities: 2004-2014 is broken up into five different eras on different albums. The five parts of the set are: "Hybristophilia," "PANIC ATTACKS (Low Level Bummer)," "Now, Let's Risk Our Feathers," "Dark Energy in the Spotlight" and "You Look Like the Future, Baby." Each disc represents an era in the band. It was released on vinyl as well as a digital download.
On January 24, 2017, Richard Edwards officially announced the release date of his first solo album, Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset. The album was released on March 31, 2017 via Joyful Noise Recordings.[6] The first single, "Disappeared Planets," was made available to stream on the album's website.
Discography[edit]
Studio Albums
The Dust of Retreat (2006)
Animal! (2008)
Not Animal (2008)
Buzzard (2010)
Rot Gut, Domestic (2012)
Sling Shot To Heaven (2014)
Tell Me More About Evil (2014)
Compilations
The Bride On The Boxcar - A Decade of Margot Rarities: 2004-2014 (2015)
Singles and EPs
Vampires in Blue Dresses EP (2006)
"Broadripple is Burning"/"Holy Cow" 7" (2006)
"Brand New Key"/"Jesus Christ Blues" 7" (2008)
The Daytrotter Sessions EP (2008)
"Birds"/"Bubbleprick" 7" (2010)
Happy Hour at Spriggs (Volume One) EP (2010)
"Prozac Rock"/"Fingertips" 7" (2011)
"Your Sister's House"/"Beating Off in Public" 7" (2014)
Members[edit]
Present
Richard Edwards- vocals, guitar
Tyler Watkins - bass, vocals
Heidi Gluck - vocals, keys, bass
Kenny Childers - guitars, vocals
Ronnie Kwasman- guitar[7]
Former
Andy Fry - guitar, vocals
Emily Watkins - keyboards, vocals
Hubert Glover - trumpet, tambourine
Jesse Lee - cello
Casey Tennis - auxiliary percussion
Brian Deck - drums
Gary Vermillion - auxiliary percussion
Erik Kang - violin, lap steel, guitar
Chris Fry - drums
Kate Myers - vocals, guitar
Cameron McGill - keyboards, vocals, harmonica
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "The Dust of Retreat - Margot & the Nuclear So and So's | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
^ Jump up to: a b "Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos Bio". Myplay Direct. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
Jump up ^ "Margot And The Nuclear So And So's: The Dust Of Retreat". Hybrid Music. Hybrid Magazine. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b "Margot & The Nuclear So and So's". iTunes. Apple. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
Jump up ^ "Richard Edwards on his rotted gut and a decade of rarities". Adam Vitcavage. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
Jump up ^ "Richard Edwards announces debut solo album, premieres "Disappeared Planets" single – Adam Vitcavage". Vitcavage.com. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
Jump up ^ "Margot & the Nuclear So and So's-About". Facebook. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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This article is about the title. For the magazine, see Ms. (magazine). For other uses, see MS (disambiguation).
"Ms" or "Ms." (normally /ˈmɪz/, but also /məz/, or /məs/ when unstressed)[1][2] is an English honorific used with the last name or full name of a woman, intended as a default form of address for women regardless of their marital status.[3] Like "Miss" and "Mrs.", the term "Ms." has its origins in the female English title once used for all women, "Mistress". It has its origin in the 17th century and was revived into mainstream usage in the 20th century.[4] In the UK and the majority of Commonwealth countries, a full stop (period) is usually not used with the title; in the United States and Canada a period is usually used (see Abbreviation).[1][5]
Contents
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1 Historical development and revival of the term
2 Usage
3 Notes
4 External links
Historical development and revival of the term[edit]
"Ms." began to be used as early as the 17th century, along with "Miss" and "Mrs.", as a title derived from the then formal "Mistress", which, like Mister, did not originally indicate marital status.[6][7] "Ms.", however, fell into disuse in favor of the other two titles and was not revived until the 20th century.[8][9]
The earliest known proposal for the modern revival of "Ms." as a title appeared in The Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts, on November 10, 1901:
There is a void in the English language which, with some diffidence, we undertake to fill. Every one has been put in an embarrassing position by ignorance of the status of some woman. To call a maiden Mrs is only a shade worse than to insult a matron with the inferior title Miss. Yet it is not always easy to know the facts...
Now, clearly, what is needed is a more comprehensive term which does homage to the sex without expressing any views as to their domestic situation, and what could be simpler or more logical than the retention of what the two doubtful terms have in common. The abbreviation "Ms" is simple, it is easy to write, and the person concerned can translate it properly according to circumstances. For oral use it might be rendered as "Mizz," which would be a close parallel to the practice long universal in many bucolic regions, where a slurred Mis' does duty for Miss and Mrs alike.[4]
The term was again suggested as a convenience to writers of business letters by such publications as the Bulletin of the American Business Writing Association (1951) and The Simplified Letter, issued by the National Office Management Association (1952).[10]
In 1961, Sheila Michaels attempted to put the term into use when she saw what she thought was a typographical error on the address label of a copy of News & Letters sent to her roommate.[11][12] Michaels "was looking for a title for a woman who did not 'belong' to a man."[13] She knew the separation of the now common terms Miss and Mrs. had derived from "Mistress", but one could not suggest that women use the original title with its now louche connotations. Her efforts to promote use of a new honorific were at first ignored.[14]
In 1969, in a lull during a WBAI-radio interview with The Feminists group, Michaels suggested the use of Ms. A friend of Gloria Steinem heard the interview and suggested it as a title for her new magazine. Ms. debuted on newsstands in January 1972, and its much-publicized name quickly led to widespread usage.[15] In February 1972, the US Government Printing Office approved using "Ms." in official government documents.[16] In 1976 Marvel Comics introduced a new superhero named "Ms. Marvel", billing her as the "first feminist superhero".
Even several public opponents of "non-sexist language", such as William Safire, were finally convinced that Ms. had earned a place in English by the case of US Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro. Ferraro, a United States vice-presidential candidate in 1984, was a married woman who used her birth surname professionally rather than her husband's ("Zaccaro"). Safire pointed out that it would be equally incorrect to call her "Miss Ferraro" (as she was married) or "Mrs. Ferraro" (as her husband was not "Mr. Ferraro")—and that calling her "Mrs. Zaccaro" would confuse the reader.[17]
Usage[edit]
Suggestions about how Ms. should be used, or whether it should be used at all, are varied.[18]
The Daily Telegraph states in its style guide that Ms should only be used if a subject requests it herself and it "should not be used merely because we do not know whether the woman is Mrs or Miss".[19] On the other hand, The Guardian, which restricts its use of honorific titles to leading articles, states in its style guide: "use Ms for women... unless they have expressed a preference for Miss or Mrs".[20] The Economist states that it generally uses the title a person adopts but warns that Ms. is an "ugly" title.[21] A BBC Academy style guide states, "In choosing between Miss, Mrs and Ms, try to find out what the person herself uses, and stick to that."[22] The New York Times embraces the use of all three: Mrs., Miss, and Ms.,[23] and will follow the individual’s preferences.[24]
Some etiquette writers and famous figures do not support the use of Ms., including Charles Kidd, the current editor of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, who claims the usage is "not very helpful" and that he had been "brought up to address a married woman as Mrs John Smith, for example".[25] Debrett's itself, concerning the case of a married woman who chooses not to take her husband's name, states, "The ugly-sounding Ms is problematic. Although many women have assumed this bland epithet, it remains incorrect to use it when addressing a social letter."[26] The former British Conservative Party MP Ann Widdecombe has stated "I can't see the point of Ms and I don't see it as an issue",[25] whilst author and journalist Jessica Fellowes describes the title Ms. as "ghastly".[26] The Queen's English Society has criticised the use of Ms as "an abbreviation that is not short for anything", describing it as a "linguistic misfit [that] came about because certain women suddenly became sensitive about revealing their marital status".[27]
On the other hand, the default use of Ms., especially for business purposes, is championed by some American sources, including Judith Martin (a.k.a. "Miss Manners").[28] Concerning business, the Emily Post Institute states that, "Ms. is the default form of address, unless you know positively that a woman wishes to be addressed as Mrs."[29] The American Heritage Book of English Usage states that, "Using Ms. obviates the need for the guesswork involved in figuring out whether to address someone as Mrs. or Miss: you can’t go wrong with Ms. Whether the woman you are addressing is married or unmarried, has changed her name or not, Ms. is always correct."[30]
Notes[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Oxford English Dictionary online, Ms, n.2. Etymology: An orthographic and phonetic blend of Mrs n.1 and miss n.2 Compare mizz n. The pronunciation with final /-z/ would appear to have arisen as a result of deliberate attempts to distinguish between this word and miss n.2; compare mizz n., and perhaps also Miz n.1 -- [mizz n.: Etymology: Representing the spoken realization of Ms n.2 (see discussion at that entry).] Accessed 2012-07-25
Jump up ^ Wells, John C. (1990). Longman pronunciation dictionary r. Harlow, England: Longman. p. 463. ISBN 0-582-05383-8. entry "Ms". It may be pronounced with schwa even in stressed situation.
Jump up ^ "Emily Post's Guide to Addressing Correspondence: Addressing a Woman". The Emily Post Institute. Archived from the original on 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
^ Jump up to: a b Zimmer, Ben (2009-06-23). "Hunting the Elusive First 'Ms.'". Word Routes. The Visual Thesaurus. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
Jump up ^ "Abbreviations : Capital Letters and Abbreviations". www.sussex.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
Jump up ^ Spender, Dale (1981). Man Made Language. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 978-0-7100-0675-2.
Jump up ^ Stannard, Una (1977). Mrs Man. San Francisco: Germainbooks. ISBN 978-0-914142-02-7.
Jump up ^ Martin, Judith (October 11, 2009). "What's in a name?". Miss Manners. Buffalo News. Archived from the original on 2009-10-14.
Jump up ^ Martin, Judith. Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn of the Millennium. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 10. ISBN 0-671-72228-X.
Jump up ^ "Ms". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2009.
Jump up ^ Jeffs, Angela (November 5, 2000). "Missing piece of puzzle in story of 'Ms.'". The Japan Times Online.
Jump up ^ Michaels, Sheila (March–April 2008). "Forty Years of Defying the Odds". Solidarity Webzine. Solidarity. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
Jump up ^ Kay, Eve (28 June 2007). "Call Me Ms". The Guardian. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
Jump up ^ Fishko, Sara (June 28, 2012). "Fishko Files: Ms". WNYC. Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
Jump up ^ Zimmer, Ben (2009-10-25). "On Language: Ms". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
Jump up ^ Frum, David (2000). How We Got Here: The '70s. New York, New York: Basic Books. p. 246. ISBN 0-465-04195-7.
Jump up ^ Safire, William. "On Language: Goodbye Sex, Hello Gender", The New York Times, August 5, 1984, Section 6 p. 8.
Jump up ^ Grigg, John (1991-11-02). "The Times". Most married women are still addressed, and wish to be addressed, as Mrs, while most unmarried women are still addressed as Miss. Ms is used by feminists to make their point, or by male chauvinists trying to make the opposite point, though of course it is also used by unprejudiced correspondents in a state of doubt. quoted in Burchfield, R. W. (1996). The New Fowler's Modern English Usage (3rd ed.). p. 512. ISBN 0-19-969036-7.
Jump up ^ "Telegraph style book: names and titles". Telegraph.co.uk. 19 February 2008.
Jump up ^ "The Guardian Style Guide: Mr, Ms, Mrs, Miss". The Guardian. August 2009. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
Jump up ^ "Titles". Style Guide. The Economist. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
Jump up ^ "Names". BBC Academy. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
Jump up ^ Zimmer, Ben. "On Language; Ms." The New York Times’’. 23 October 2009.
Jump up ^ Siegal, Allan M., Connolly, William G. “Courtesy title”. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative News Organization. Random House USA Incorporated, 2015. ISBN 9781101905449. Page 79.
^ Jump up to: a b "Mrs? Or is that Ms, Miss?". BBC NEWS.
^ Jump up to: a b Fellowes, By Jessica. "Etiquette: Mind your 'please' and cues".
Jump up ^ "ERROR – Ms". The Queen's English Society: QES English Academy. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
Jump up ^ Martin, Judith. "Miss Manners: How and When to Use 'Ms.' in Business Correspondence". Lifestyle. MSN. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Guide to Addressing Correspondence".
Jump up ^ "The American Heritage Book of English Usage". 31 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-12-09.
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Don't You Want Me
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"Don't You Want Me"
Single by The Human League
from the album Dare
B-side
"Seconds"
Released
27 November 1981
Format
7"
12"
CD
cassette
Recorded
1981
Genre
New wave
synthpop
Length
3:57
Label
Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Jo Callis
Philip Oakey
Philip Adrian Wright
Producer(s)
Martin Rushent
The Human League singles chronology
"Open Your Heart"
(1981) "Don't You Want Me"
(1981) "Being Boiled"
(1982)
"Open Your Heart"
(1981) "Don't You Want Me"
(1981) "Being Boiled"
(re-issue)
(1982)
Audio sample
file
help
"Don't You Want Me" is a single by British synthpop group The Human League, released on 27 November 1981 as the fourth single from their third studio album Dare (1981).
It is the band's best known and most commercially successful recording and was the 1981 Christmas number one in the UK, where it has since sold over 1,560,000 copies, making it the 23rd most successful single in UK Singles Chart history.[1] It later topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on 3 July 1982 where it stayed for three weeks. In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 7th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.[2]
Contents
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1 Background
2 Chart performance and sales
3 Music video
4 Charts and certifications
4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Year-end charts
4.3 Sales and certifications
5 Popular culture
6 Track listing
6.1 7" version
6.2 12" version
7 Covers
7.1 Mandy Smith version
7.1.1 Formats and track listings
7.1.2 Charts
7.2 The Farm version
7.2.1 Formats and track listings
7.3 Alcazar version
7.3.1 Music video
7.3.2 Formats and track listings
7.3.3 Chart performance
7.4 Other versions
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Background[edit]
The lyrics were originally inspired after lead singer Philip Oakey read a photo-story in a teen-girl's magazine. Originally conceived and recorded in the studio as a male solo, Oakey was inspired by the film A Star Is Born and decided to turn the song into a conflicting duet with one of the band's two teenage female vocalists. Susan Ann Sulley was then asked to take on the role. Up until then, she and the other female vocalist Joanne Catherall had only been assigned backing vocals; Sulley says she was chosen only through "luck of the draw".[3] Musicians Jo Callis and Philip Adrian Wright created a synthesizer score to accompany the lyrics which was much harsher than the version that was actually released. Initial versions of the song were recorded but Virgin Records-appointed producer Martin Rushent was unhappy with them. He and Callis remixed the track, giving it a softer, and in Oakey's opinion, "poppy" sound. Oakey hated the new version and thought it would be the weakest track on Dare, resulting in one of his infamous rows with Rushent.[4] Oakey disliked it so much that it was relegated to the last track on side two of the (then) vinyl album.
Before the release of Dare, three of its tracks—"The Sound of the Crowd", "Love Action (I Believe in Love)", and "Open Your Heart"—had already been released as successful singles. With a hit album and three hit singles in a row, Virgin's chief executive Simon Draper decided to release one more single from the album before the end of 1981. His choice, "Don't You Want Me", instantly caused a row with Oakey who did not want another single to be released because he was convinced that "the public were now sick of hearing The Human League" and the choice of the "poor quality filler track" would almost certainly be a disaster, wrecking the group's new-found popularity. Virgin were adamant that a fourth single would be released and Oakey finally agreed on the condition that a large colour poster accompany the 7" single, because he felt fans would "feel ripped off" by the 'substandard' single alone.[5]
The Human League often added cryptic references to their productions and the record sleeve of "Don't You Want Me" featured the suffix of "100". This was a reference to The 100 Club, a restaurant/bar in Sheffield.[6]
Today, the song is widely considered a classic of its era. In a retrospective review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, senior editor for AllMusic, described the song as "a devastating chronicle of a frayed romance wrapped in the greatest pop hooks and production of its year."[7] Oakey still describes it as over-rated, but acknowledges his initial dismissal was misguided and claims pride in the track.[citation needed] Oakey is also at pains to point out another misconception: that it is not a love song, but "a nasty song about sexual power politics".[8]
Chart performance and sales[edit]
"Don't You Want Me" was released in the UK on 27 November 1981. The B side was "Seconds" another track lifted straight from the Dare album. Like previous singles, a 12" version was also issued featuring the original version of "Don't You Want Me" and "Seconds" on the A side and an "extended dance mix" lasting seven and a half minutes on the B side. This mix is also features on the Love and Dancing album released under the name of The League Unlimited Orchestra in 1982.
To the amazement of the band (and especially Oakey),[9] it entered the UK Singles Chart at No.9 and shot to number one the following week, remaining there over the Christmas period for a total of five weeks. It ultimately became the biggest selling single to be released in 1981, and the fifth biggest selling single of the entire decade. Its success was repeated six months later in the US, with "Don't You Want Me" hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. Billboard magazine ranked it as the sixth-biggest hit of 1982. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA the same year for sales of a million copies. It is notable as the first song featuring the revolutionary Linn LM-1 drum machine to hit No. 1 on the UK charts and also the first LM-1 track to top the Billboard Hot 100.[citation needed]
The song was re-released in October 1995 as CD, cassette and 12" single featuring new remixes by Snap! and Red Jerry, peaking at No. 16 on the UK chart.[10] The release coincided with the issue of the group's second "Greatest Hits" compilation album shortly afterwards, which featured the Snap 7" remix.
As of November 2012, "Don't You Want Me" is the 23rd best-selling single in the UK with 1.55 million copies sold.[1] On 23 March 2014 the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 19 and debuted at number 1 in the Scottish singles charts thanks to a social media campaign by fans of Aberdeen Football Club.[11]
Music video[edit]
Susan Ann Sulley in the 1981 "Don't You Want Me" video, December 1981.
In 1981 record company Virgin were becoming aware that the promotional music video was evolving into an important marketing tool, with MTV being launched that year. Because it was agreed[by whom?] that the video for Open Your Heart had looked "cheap and nasty",[citation needed] Virgin commissioned a much more elaborate and expensive promotional video for "Don't You Want Me".
The video for the song was filmed near Slough, Berkshire, during November 1981 and has the theme of the filming and editing of a murder-mystery film, featuring the band members as characters and production staff. Due to it being a "making of" video, both crew and camera apparatus appear throughout. It was conceived and directed by filmmaker Steve Barron, and has at its core the interaction between a successful actress (also a 2nd negative cutter) played by Susan Ann Sulley walking out on "film director" Philip Oakey on a film set. It is loosely based on the film A Star Is Born. Near the end of the video, Wright, who also plays a film editor, has an expression on his face, while the camera pulls back to reveal that the negative room where Oakey, Wright, and Sulley were working in is yet another set (the camera can be seen in the mirror's reflection).
Filmed on a cold, wet, winter night, it was shot on 35mm film instead of the cheaper video tape prevalent at the time. Susan Sulley claims that Steve Barron was heavily influenced by the cinematography of Ultravox's video for "Vienna" (directed by Russell Mulcahy earlier that year). Steve Barron was also influenced by François Truffaut and his film Day for Night, and because of that the clapper board seen in the video bears the inscription "Le League Humaine" as a tribute to Truffaut.
The video is credited[by whom?] for making Oakey, Sulley and Catherall visual icons of the early 1980s but became controversial later[citation needed] for a scene involving the murder-mystery film subplot where Jo Callis appears to shoot Catherall (and later in the video repeated with Oakey shooting Sulley) with a pistol from a car window (a Saab 99 turbo). The scene is cut out of the DVD version and usually on music television, replaced with a montage of other shots from the video edited in slow-motion. The other car that was used in the video is a gold W-Reg Rover SD1. In a 1995 interview, Catherall mentioned that the car Callis was driving had to be pushed into shot as he couldn't drive at the time, to which Sulley added "he still can't!"[12]
The video was released in December 1981.
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1981–82)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[13] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14] 1
Canada (RPM)[15] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[16] 5
France (SNEP)[17] 13
Germany (Official German Charts)[18] 5
Ireland (IRMA)[19] 1
Italy (AFI)[20] 15
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[22] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[23] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[26] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[27] 1
US Hot Dance/Disco (Billboard)[28] 3
US Top Tracks (Billboard)[28] 4
1995 re-issue
Chart (1995)
Peak
position
Japanese Singles Chart (Tokyo)[citation needed] 100
UK Singles Chart[29] 16
2014 re-entry
Chart (2014)
Peak
position
UK Singles[30] 19
Scottish Singles[11] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1981)
Rank
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[31] 83
Chart (1982)
Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[13] 37
Canada[32] 8
Netherlands[33] 49
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[34] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[35] 6
Sales and certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[36]
Platinum 150,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[37]
Platinum 1,560,000[1]
United States (RIAA)[38]
Gold 1,000,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Popular culture[edit]
In 2001, Virgin Records allowed the song to be used in a Fiat Punto commercial, starring Myfanwy Waring and James Daffern, where the latter actor spoke lyrics from the first verse and chorus over the accompanying background music. Fiat's use of the song prompted legal action from The Human League, who lost the case to Virgin. Susan Sulley later complained: "Now even if we wanted to use the song for a more worthy company, we can't because it will always be associated with a particular brand."[39][unreliable source?]
A campaign was started by Aberdeen F.C. fans in March 2014 to get the song to number one on the UK Singles Chart after their Scottish League Cup final victory against Inverness CT.[40] The song peaked at No. 4 in the iTunes Download chart on 19 March 2014.[41] The following Sunday, 23 March, the song re-entered at number nineteen on the UK Singles Chart.[42]
A Foster Farms commercial in the United States features a choir of animatronic chickens singing the song as part of the poultry producer's "Amazing Chicken" campaign.[43]
The song is also featured in the films Cherish, Lost Islands, He's Just Not That Into You, 1981, and Cyrus. In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Walter does a karaoke version of the song with a drunk – who turns out to be the local helicopter pilot. The soundtrack includes a cover from Bahamas featuring The Weather Station.
Track listing[edit]
7" version[edit]
"Don't You Want Me" – 3:57
"Seconds" – 4:59
12" version[edit]
"Don't You Want Me" – 3:57
"Seconds" – 4:59
"Don't You Want Me (Extended Dance Mix)" – 7:30
Covers[edit]
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Mandy Smith version [edit]
"Don't You Want Me Baby"
Single by Mandy Smith
B-side
"If It Makes You Feel Good"
Released
May 1989
Format
CD single
7"
12"
Recorded
1989
Genre
Pop
Length
3:44
Label
PWL
Songwriter(s)
Philip Oakey
Jo Callis
Philip Adrian Wright
Producer(s)
Pete Hammond
Mandy Smith singles chronology
"Victim of Pleasure"
(1988) "Don't You Want Me Baby"
(1989) "I Just Can't Wait (92' Remixes)"
(1992)
"Victim of Pleasure"
(1988) "Don't You Want Me Baby"
(1989) "I Just Can't Wait (92' Remixes)"
(1992)
In 1989 English pop singer Mandy covered this song under the title of "Don't You Want Me Baby". Released as a standalone single after her only album Mandy, it was also Smith's final single and became her only single to hit the UK top 75, peaking at #59. The B-side, "If It Makes You Feel Good", featured on the album. The song was included as a bonus track on the 2009 reissue of her album.
Formats and track listings[edit]
CD single
"Don't You Want Me Baby"
"If It Makes You Feel Good"
"Don't You Want Me Baby" (Cocktail Mix)
"If It Makes You Feel Good" (Extended Version)
7" single
"Don't You Want Me Baby"
"If It Makes You Feel Good"
12" single
"Don't You Want Me Baby" (Cocktail Mix)
"If It Makes You Feel Good" (Extended Version)
Charts[edit]
Chart (1989)
Peak
Position
UK Singles Chart[44] 59
Irish Singles Chart[45] 30
Italian Singles Chart[46] 13
The Farm version[edit]
"Don't You Want Me"
Single by The Farm
from the album Love See No Colour
B-side
"Obviously"
Released
October 1992
Recorded
1992
Length
4:12
Label
End Product
Songwriter(s)
Jo Callis
Philip Oakey
Philip Adrian Wright
Producer(s)
Mark Saunders
The Farm singles chronology
"Rising Sun"
(1992) "Don't You Want Me"
(1992) "Love See No Colour" (re-mix)"
(1992)
"Rising Sun"
(1992) "Don't You Want Me"
(1992) "Love See No Colour" (re-mix)"
(1992)
British band The Farm released a cover of The Human League version of Don't You Want Me in October 1992 which got to no. 18 in the UK charts, making it their third most successful single after 1990's All Together Now and Groovy Train.
An uncredited female singer features as lead vocal on the second verse, as sung by Susanne Sulley on the original version.
Formats and track listings[edit]
CD single
"Don't You Want Me"
"Don't You Want Me" (Premier Mix)
"Obviously"
"Groovy Train" (Alternative Mix)
7" single
"Don't You Want Me"
"Obviously"
12" single
"Don't You Want Me" (Premier Mix)
"Don't You Want Me" (20K Mix)
"Don't You Want Me" (Pickles Keef Mix)
"Groovy Train" (Alternative Mix)
Alcazar version[edit]
"Don't You Want Me"
Single by Alcazar
from the album Casino
Released
May 2002
Recorded
2001
Genre
Eurodance
Length
3:27
Label
RCA Records
BMG
Songwriter(s)
Jo Callis
Philip Oakey
Philip Adrian Wright
Alcazar singles chronology
"Sexual Guarantee"
(2001) "Don't You Want Me"
(2002) "Not a Sinner Nor a Saint"
(2003)
"Sexual Guarantee"
(2001) "Don't You Want Me"
(2002) "Not a Sinner Nor a Saint"
(2003)
Casino (International Edition) track listing
"Breaking Free"
(10) "Don't You Want Me"
(11) "Shine On"
(12)
"Don't You Want Me" is a Eurodance song performed by Swedish band Alcazar and released internationally in 2002. The song was included to the European version of Casino together with a few other, and was recorded in Stockholm at first, but when they wanted it for a new pan-European single, a whole new version was made.
The single was released in Australia as a follow up to the successful single "Crying at the Discoteque" and the release includes the "Ivan's X Mix" of CATD as a bonus. The white 12 inch was released in Europe and distributed to DJs to get maximum airplay at the disco arenas.
So far "Don't You Want Me" is the biggest hit for the group in United States, climbing to No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and staying on the chart for 15 weeks.
The Human League themselves have said that they like this version, as it is fairly true to the original; and Alcazar still performs this track at their live shows around the world.
The song is playable on the Karaoke Revolution games.
Music video[edit]
The video was filmed at Filmhuset in Stockholm, and once again Jesper Ganslandt directed it all. As always in Alcazar videos the storyline takes place in "Alcazar world" – and this time it all took place in "Circus Alcazar". The video is filled with horses, ducks, an evil parrot, acrobats and the Alcazar ballet.
The whole video shoot took almost 23 hours, and actually includes Annikafiore's boyfriend juggling with fire in the background The Alcazar dog Selma was styled in a pink ballerina dress and waited the whole day for the filming of her scene where she would perform jumps in the circus arena.
Formats and track listings[edit]
These are the formats and track listings of promotional single releases of "Don't You Want Me".
CD single
"Almighty Radio Edit" – 3:27
"Almighty Club Mix" – 7:25
"Project Eden Remix" – 7:34
"Earth Club Anthem" – 10:24
"Wild Cowboys Radio Mix" – 3:38
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (2002)
Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[47] 37
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[48] 21
Dutch Singles Chart[49] 83
Finnish Singles Chart[50] 18
Swedish Singles Chart[51] 30
Swiss Singles Chart[52] 76
Hot Dance Club Play[53] 30
Japan[citation needed] 3
Other versions[edit]
A cover of the song was released on 5 October 1992, and it was the last successful single by Liverpool-based pop group The Farm, reaching No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1992. It was originally recorded for the NME charity album Ruby Trax.
Tatjana released a version in 1992.
Stephin Merritt project Future Bible Heroes recorded a cover of "Don't You Want Me" which is featured on Reproductions: Songs of The Human League.
An abbreviated version of the chorus was used in a 2007 commercial for Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies in the US.
A cover of the song was recorded by Atomic Tom for the soundtrack of the 2011 Michael Dowse film Take Me Home Tonight. The music video featured members of the film's cast.
American singer-songwriter Rocky Votolato and New York-based band Matt Pond PA performed a version of the song in May 2011 for The A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover series.[54]
A cover of this song appears on the album Picture Show by Neon Trees.
Information Society recorded a cover on the album Orders of Magnitude (2016).
See also[edit]
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1982
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External links[edit]
"Don't You Want Me" at Discogs (list of releases)
"Don't You Want Me" at The Black Hit of Space.dk
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Preceded by
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police Top selling single of the year (UK)
1981 Succeeded by
"Come on Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
Preceded by
"Begin the Beguine" by Julio Iglesias UK number-one single
12 December 1981 – 9 January 1982 Succeeded by
"The Land of Make Believe" by Bucks Fizz
Preceded by
"There's No-one Quite Like Grandma" by St Winifred's School Choir UK Christmas number-one single
1981 Succeeded by
"Save Your Love" by Renée and Renato
Preceded by
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Canadian RPM number-one single
15 May 1982 Succeeded by
"Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Preceded by
"Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
3 July 1982 – 23 July 1982 Succeeded by
"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
show
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The Human League
Philip Oakey
Joanne Catherall
Susan Ann Sulley
Ian Craig Marsh
Martyn Ware
Philip Adrian Wright
Ian Burden
Jo Callis
Jim Russell
Albums
Reproduction
Travelogue
Dare
Love and Dancing
Hysteria
Crash
Romantic?
Octopus
Secrets
Credo
Compilation albums
Greatest Hits
Soundtrack to a Generation
The Very Best of The Human League (1998)
The Golden Hour of the Future
The Very Best of The Human League (2003)
Live at the Dome
Original Remixes & Rarities
EPs
The Dignity of Labour
Holiday '80
The Sound of the Crowd
Fascination!
Dance Like a Star
Singles
"Being Boiled"
"I Don't Depend on You"
"Empire State Human"
"Only After Dark"
"Boys and Girls"
"The Sound of the Crowd"
"Love Action (I Believe in Love)"
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-ing is a suffix used to make one of the inflected forms of English verbs. This verb form is used as a present participle, as a gerund, and sometimes as an independent noun or adjective. The suffix is also found in certain words like morning and ceiling, and in names such as Browning.
Contents
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1 Etymology and pronunciation
2 Formation
3 Uses
3.1 Distinction between gerunds and present participles
3.2 Distinction between verbal and deverbal uses
4 -ing words in other languages
5 Other meanings of the suffix
6 See also
7 References
Etymology and pronunciation[edit]
The Modern English -ing ending, which is used to form both gerunds and present participles of verbs (i.e. in noun and adjective uses), derives from two different historical suffixes.
The gerund (noun) use comes from Middle English -ing, which is from Old English -ing, -ung (suffixes forming nouns from verbs). These in turn are from Proto-Germanic *-inga-, *-unga-,[1] *-ingō, *-ungō, which Vittore Pisani derives from Proto-Indo-European *-enkw-.[2] This use of English -ing is thus cognate with the -ing suffix of Dutch, West Frisian, the North Germanic languages, and with German -ung.
The -ing of Modern English in its participial (adjectival) use comes from Middle English -inge, -ynge, alterations of earlier -inde, -ende, -and, from the Old English present participle ending -ende. This is from Proto-Germanic *-andz, from the Proto-Indo-European *-nt-. This use of English -ing is cognate with Dutch and German -end, Swedish -ande, -ende, Latin -ans, -ant-, Ancient Greek -ον (-on), and Sanskrit -ant. -inde, -ende, -and later merged with the noun and gerund suffix -ing. Its remnants, however, are still retained in a few verb-derived words such as friend, fiend, and bond (in the sense of peasant, vassal).
The standard pronunciation of the ending -ing in modern English is "as spelt", namely /ɪŋ/, with a velar nasal consonant (the typical ng sound also found in words like thing and bang); some dialects, e.g. in Northern England, have /ɪŋg/ instead. However many dialects use, at least some of the time and in some cases exclusively, an ordinary n sound instead (an alveolar nasal consonant), with the ending pronounced as /ɪn/ or /ən/. This may be denoted in eye dialect writing with the use of an apostrophe to represent the apparent "missing g"; for example runnin' in place of running. For more detail see g-dropping.
Formation[edit]
All English verbs (except for modals and other defective verbs which do not have gerunds or participles) make the inflected form in -ing regularly. Thus go makes going, read makes reading, fail makes failing, and so on. In certain cases there are spelling changes, such as doubling of consonants (as in sit → sitting) or omission of mute e (as in change → changing). For details of these rules, see English verbs.
Uses[edit]
The -ing form of a verb has both noun uses and adjectival (or adverbial) uses. In either case it may function as a non-finite verb (for example, by taking direct objects), or as a pure noun or adjective. When it behaves as a non-finite verb, it is called a gerund in the noun case, and a present participle in the adjectival or adverbial case. Uses as pure noun or adjective may be called deverbal uses.
The distinctions between these uses are explained in the following sections.
Distinction between gerunds and present participles[edit]
Gerunds and present participles are two types of non-finite verb; the difference is that gerunds are used to produce noun phrases, and participles to produce adjectival or adverbial phrases. This is illustrated in the following examples:
I like eating cakes.
Here eating is a gerund; the verb phrase eating cakes serves as a noun, being the object of the main verb like.
I saw him eating a cake.
Here eating is a present participle; the verb phrase eating a cake serves as an adjective, modifying him.
Trying to succeed makes success more likely.
Here trying is a gerund; the verb phrase trying to succeed serves as a noun, the subject of the main verb makes.
Trying to get over the fence, he hurt his knee.
Here trying is a present participle; the verb phrase trying to get over the fence has the function of an adverb in the main clause.
Confusion is most likely to arise when the -ing word follows a verb, in which case it may be a predicate adjective and hence a participle, or a direct object (or predicate nominative) and hence a gerund. There are certain transformations that can help distinguish these two cases. In the table that follows, the transformations produce grammatical sentences with similar meanings when applied to sentences with gerunds (since the transformations are based on the assumption that the phrase with the -ing word is a noun phrase). When applied to sentences with participles, they produce ungrammatical sentences or sentences with completely different meanings. (These cases are marked with asterisks.)
Transformation
Gerund use
Participle use
(none) John suggested asking Bill. John kept asking Bill.
Passivization Asking Bill was suggested. *Asking Bill was kept.
Pronoun substitution John suggested it. *John kept it.
Substitution of pure noun John suggested the asking of Bill. *John kept the asking of Bill.
Replacement with finite clause John suggested that Bill be asked. *John kept that Bill be asked.
Subject marking with possessive John suggested our asking Bill. *John kept his asking Bill.
Clefting Asking Bill is what John suggested. *Asking Bill is what John kept.
Left dislocation Asking Bill John suggested. *Asking Bill John kept.
For more details of the usage of English gerunds and present participles, see Uses of non-finite verbs in English.
Distinction between verbal and deverbal uses[edit]
When used as a gerund or present participle, the -ing form is a non-finite verb, which behaves like a (finite) verb in that it forms a verb phrase, taking typical verb dependents and modifiers such as objects and adverbs. That verb phrase is then used within a larger sentence, with the function of an adjective or adverb (in the case of the participle) or with the function of a noun (in the case of the gerund).
However the same verb-derived -ing forms are also sometimes used as pure nouns or adjectives.[3] In this case the word does not form a verb phrase; any modifiers it takes will be of a grammatical kind which is appropriate to a noun or adjective respectively.
For example:
Shouting loudly is rude. (shouting is a gerund, modified by the adverb loudly)
Loud shouting is something I can't stand. (shouting is a pure noun, modified by the adjective loud)
I saw him exciting the crowds. (exciting is a participle, taking the object the crowds)
It was a very exciting game. (exciting is a pure adjective, modified by very, an adverb typically applied to adjectives)
When used as a pure noun or adjective (i.e. having lost its grammatical verbal character), the -ing form may be called a deverbal noun or deverbal adjective. Terminology varies, however; it may also be called a verbal noun or adjective (on the grounds that it is derived from a verb). In other cases the latter terms may be applied additionally, or exclusively, to gerunds and participles, as well as other non-finite verb forms such as infinitives.
In some situations, the distinction between gerund/participle uses and deverbal uses may be lost, particularly when the -ing word appears on its own. For example, in "I like swimming", it is not clear whether swimming is intended as a gerund (as it would be in "I like swimming fast"), or as a pure noun (as in "I like competitive swimming"). Note that there may be a distinction in meaning between the two interpretations: as a gerund, it means that the speaker likes to swim, while as a pure noun it does not specify in what way the speaker enjoys the activity (as a competitor, spectator, etc.)
The -ing form used as a pure noun usually denotes the action encoded by the verb (either in general or in a particular instance), as in the above examples. However it sometimes comes to take on other meanings, such as a physical object or system of objects: building, fencing, piping, etc.
For more information on the uses of non-finite verbs and verbal nouns, see Uses of non-finite verbs in English.
-ing words in other languages[edit]
English words constructed from verbs with the ending -ing are sometimes borrowed into other languages. In some cases they become pseudo-anglicisms, taking on new meanings or uses which are not found in English. For instance:
camping means "campsite" in many languages (including Bulgarian, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish);
parking means "car park" or "parking lot" in many languages (including Bulgarian, Dutch, French, Persian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish);
lifting means "facelift" in many languages (including Bulgarian, French, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Hebrew, and Spanish);
shopping means "shopping mall" in Portuguese;
shampooing means "shampoo" in French;
footing has been used to mean "jogging" in some languages (including French and Italian).
Some Germanic languages (including Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Icelandic) have a native -ing suffix, used mainly to form verbal action nouns, though generally not as productively as in English. For details, see the Wiktionary entry for -ing.
Other meanings of the suffix[edit]
The suffix -ing also has other uses in English, although these are less common. It may be used to form derivative nouns (originally masculine) with the sense "son of" or "belonging to", used as patronymics or diminutives. Examples of this use include surnames like Browning, Channing and Ewing, and common nouns like bunting, shilling, and farthing. The suffix can also mean "having a specified quality", as used in sweeting, whiting, and gelding.
For further details see the Wiktionary entry for -ing.
See also[edit]
Ng (digraph)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "-ing (1)". Online Etymology Dictionary.
Jump up ^ Pisani, Vittore, Latino prōvincia, il suffisso indeuropeo *-enqu- e le formazioni germaniche in -inga- -unga- -ingō -ungō, Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1941.
Jump up ^ Re: Post Hey man, I gots ta know (Gerund versus gerundive), Phil White, Mon August 7, 2006 1:35 pm
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