She Is Beyond Good and Evil

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"She Is Beyond Good and Evil"
File:The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil.jpeg
Single by The Pop Group
B-side "3'38"
Released 2 March 1979
Format 7", 12"
Genre Post-punk
Length 3:23
Label Radar
Writer(s) The Pop Group
Producer(s) Dennis Bovell
The Pop Group singles chronology
"She Is Beyond Good and Evil"
(1979)		 "We Are All Prostitutes"
(1979)
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.[1] This song has been covered by the indie rock musician St. Vincent.[2]

Music

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."[3]

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
NME United Kingdom Singles of the Year[4] 1979 19
Sounds United Kingdom The 100 Best Singles of All Time[5] 1986 69
NME United Kingdom The Top 150 Singles of All Time[6] 1987 71
Paul Morley United Kingdom Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time[7] 2003 *
Pitchfork Media United States The Pitchfork 500 (1977-1979)[8] 2008 *
The Guardian United Kingdom 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear[9] 2009 *
Q United Kingdom 50 Ultimate British Songs[10] 2011 27
Treble United States The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s[11] 2012 49

(*) designates unordered lists.

Formats and track listing

All songs written by The Pop Group.

UK 7" single (ADA 29)
  1. "She Is Beyond Good and Evil" – 3:23
  2. "3'38" – 3:38

Personnel

References

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External links

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