Tracks:
The Body / Angry
Release Date:
31.10.87
Label & Catalogue
Number:
Virgin. VS 1010
Highest UK Chart Position:
100
Personnel:
Vox - John Lydon
Guitar - John McGeoch
Guitar / Various - Lu Edmonds
Bass - Allan Dias
Drums - Bruce Smith
Format Info:
Picture sleeve
Track Info:
Both tracks are the normal album versions lifted from 'Happy?'.
Trivia:
'The Body' is seen by some as a follow up to the Pistols 'Bodies',
as both tackle abortion. However, both tracks come from completely
different angles.
This was probably PiL's
poorest selling single!
A promo video was shot
for the single. Directed by Fiona Stylianou.
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Producer:
Gary Langan & PiL
Studio:
Great Linford Studios, Milton Keynes, UK
Sleeve Design:
Unknown
Quotes:
There was a lot going on around the time about the anti-abortion
league, and the pro-abortion, and I just thought I'd throw my tuppence
into all this - standpoint? Women have the right to have abortions.
Period. This is somewhere where no one should interfere. It should
never be considered illegal, but then you shouldn't be able to get
yourself into that position in the first place. It's only ignorance
and lack of education about contraception that leads to these disasters.
- John Lydon, Volume 3 CD/Book 1992
Lyrics:
The
Body
Angry
Press Reviews:
The
Beat, October 1987 |