| "Statue of Liberty" | ||||
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| Single by XTC | ||||
| from the album White Music | ||||
| B-side | "Hang On to the Night" | |||
| Released | 6 January 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
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| Length | 2:23 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Andy Partridge | |||
| Producer(s) | John Leckie | |||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "Statue of Liberty" (2001 Remaster) on YouTube | ||||
"Statue of Liberty" is a 1978 single by XTC. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London and subsequently banned by BBC Radio 1 for the lyrics "In my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt".[5] XTC performed the song on the BBC2 television show The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978.[6]
- ^ "100 best NYC songs: Nos. 100-91". Time Out New York. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ Zaleski, Annie (21 January 2018). "This is pop: XTC's giddy, incomparable "White Music" turns 40". Salon. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ Mulholland, Garry (1 November 2006). "1978". Fear of Music: The 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco. Orion Publishing Group. pp. 34–35. ISBN 0752868314.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. XTC - Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992 (1996) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ Ingham, Chris (March 1999). "XTC - 'Til Death Do Us Part". Mojo.
- ^ The Old Grey Whistle Test (DVD). Warner Home Video. 2003.