She Is Beyond Good and Evil

"She Is Beyond Good and Evil"
"She Is Beyond Good and Evil"
Single by The Pop Group
B-side	"3'38"
Released	2 March 1979
Genre	Post-punk; funk; dub;
Length	3:23
Label	Radar
Songwriter	The Pop Group
Producer	Dennis Bovell
The Pop Group singles chronology
Music video
	"She Is Beyond Good and Evil"; on youtube.com

"She Is Beyond Good and Evil" is a song by English post-punk band The Pop Group. It was released as a single on March 2, 1979, through Radar Records.^[4]

Lyrics

In discussing the song, Stewart described the lyrics as "being about unconditional love as a revolutionary force – where idealism and energy mix poetic, existential, and political yearnings with the romantic idea of passing through nihilism and emerging on the other side with something positive, something beyond."^[5]

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
NME	United Kingdom	Singles of the Year^[6]	1979	19
Sounds	United Kingdom	The 100 Best Singles of All Time^[7]	1986	69
NME	United Kingdom	The Top 150 Singles of All Time^[8]	1987	71
Paul Morley	United Kingdom	Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time^[9]	2003	*
Pitchfork Media	United States	The Pitchfork 500 (1977–1979)^[10]	2008	*
The Guardian	United Kingdom	1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear^[11]	2009	*
Q	United Kingdom	50 Ultimate British Songs^[12]	2011	27
Treble	United States	The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s^[13]	2012	49

(*) designates unordered lists.

Formats and track listing

All songs written by The Pop Group.

UK 7" single (ADA 29)

"She Is Beyond Good and Evil" – 3:23
"3'38" – 3:38

Personnel

The Pop Group

Gareth Sager – saxophone, guitar
Bruce Smith – drums, percussion
Mark Stewart – vocals
Simon Underwood – bass guitar
John Waddington – guitar

Technical personnel

Dennis Bovell – production
George Peckham – mastering

References

^ Alexander, Phil (1 April 2014). "20 Great Post-Punk Tracks". Mojo. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Thomas, Fred. "Citizen Zombie". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Routine is the Enemy of Music: Post-punk". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
^ "She Is Beyond Good and Evil Single". thepopgroup.net. 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
^ Nickel, Larissa (March 24, 2014). "Paradise Lost: The Portal in California City". KCET. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
^ "NME Singles – 1979". Rockerilla. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
^ "Sounds All Time Top 100 Singles". Sounds. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
^ "NME Writers All Time Top 150 Singles 1987". NME. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
^ "Greatest Pop Single of All Time". NME. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
^ Plagenhoef, Scott; Schreiber, Ryan, eds. (November 2008). The Pitchfork 500. Simon & Schuster. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4165-6202-3.
^ "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear". The Guardian. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
^ "50 Ultimate British Songs". Q. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
^ "The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s". Treble. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

External links

"She Is Beyond Good and Evil" at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Alexander, Phil (1 April 2014). "20 Great Post-Punk Tracks". Mojo. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

[allmusic-2] Thomas, Fred. "Citizen Zombie". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2015.

[Stanley_2013-3] Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Routine is the Enemy of Music: Post-punk". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.

[4] "She Is Beyond Good and Evil Single". thepopgroup.net. 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

[5] Nickel, Larissa (March 24, 2014). "Paradise Lost: The Portal in California City". KCET. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

[6] "NME Singles – 1979". Rockerilla. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

[7] "Sounds All Time Top 100 Singles". Sounds. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

[8] "NME Writers All Time Top 150 Singles 1987". NME. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

[9] "Greatest Pop Single of All Time". NME. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

[10] Plagenhoef, Scott; Schreiber, Ryan, eds. (November 2008). The Pitchfork 500. Simon & Schuster. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4165-6202-3.

[11] "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear". The Guardian. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

[12] "50 Ultimate British Songs". Q. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

[13] "The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s". Treble. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

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v t e The Pop Group
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Singles	"She Is Beyond Good and Evil" "We Are All Prostitutes" In the Beginning There Was Rhythm/Where There's a Will There's a Way
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