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"Senses Working Overtime" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the lead single from their 1982 album English Settlement. He based the song on Manfred Mann's "5-4-3-2-1" (1964).[3] The album and single became the highest-charting records XTC would ever have in the UK, peaking at number five and number 10, respectively.[4][5]

"Senses Working Overtime"
Single by XTC
from the album English Settlement
Released	January 1982
Recorded	1981
Studio	The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England
Genre	Progressive pop[1] new wave[2]
Length	4:34 (single edit) 4:53 (album version)
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Andy Partridge
Producer(s)	Hugh Padgham, XTC
XTC singles chronology
"Respectable Street" (1981) "Senses Working Overtime" (1982) "Ball and Chain" (1982)
Official audio
"Senses Working Overtime" on YouTube
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At the suggestion of its director, the song's music video was filmed at double-speed and then slowed down, to make the musicians appear "more graceful". Partridge recalled: "That one was done really quickly, in Shepperton Studios while we were rehearsing for the English Settlement tour. And so that's us rehearsing. ... [The half-speed idea has] been used a hell of a lot since then, but I think we were the first ones to do it."[6]

Track listing

1. "Senses Working Overtime" (Andy Partridge)
2. "Blame the Weather" (Colin Moulding)
3. "Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)" (Partridge)

On the 12" release, "Egyptian Solution (Thebes in a Box) (Homo Safari #3)" (Partridge) was added to the A-side as track 2; the B-side comprised "Blame the Weather" and "Tissue Tigers" on both 7" and 12".

Personnel

XTC

• Terry Chambers – drums, drum synthesiser
• Dave Gregory – electric 12–string guitar, percussion
• Colin Moulding – fretless bass, backing vocals
• Andy Partridge – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar

Charts

Mandy Moore version

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"Senses Working Overtime"
Single by Mandy Moore
from the album Coverage
Released	17 January 2004
Length	4:08
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Andy Partridge
Producer(s)	John Fields
Mandy Moore singles chronology
"Drop the Pilot" (2003) "Senses Working Overtime" (2004) "Extraordinary" (2007)

"Senses Working Overtime" was the third single released from Moore's third studio album Coverage (2003). It was written by Andy Partridge and produced by John Fields.

The song was included on Moore’s first greatest hits album The Best of Mandy Moore (2004).

Other versions

• 1995: Spacehog, A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC

References

External links

• "Senses Working Overtime" on Chalkhills

На других языках

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- [en] Senses Working Overtime

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[es] Senses Working Overtime

Senses Working Overtime es una canción de la banda británica de rock: XTC, lanzada en 1982, por Virgin Records. La canción se convirtió en todo un éxito, ingreso al top 10 de las listas musicales inglesa, debido a esto el álbum "English Settlement", alcanzó el top 5.

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[it] Senses Working Overtime

Senses Working Overtime è un brano musicale scritto da Andy Partridge, pubblicato come singolo con il suo gruppo XTC nel 1982 ed estratto dall'album English Settlement.

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