Ten Favorite Work Songs: Senses Working Overtime (#4)

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Happy Friday! It's the end of the "traditional" work week as we know it, and I feel fine! It's not the end of the countdown of my favorite songs with "work" or some variation in the title, though...although we are getting close. Here's the next song on the list. #4: Senses Working Overtime - XTC If Squeeze was the great pop band from England that the US ignored in the 70s, then XTC fits that bill for the 80s. A friend of mine even named his record store after this band because he's such a fan! (He got to do a phone chat with Andy Partridge once...he said it was the highlight of his life!) Of course, they didn't stand a whole lot of chance in the US, as we moved into that formulaic FM rock stuff, where XTC's music clearly did not fit. Additionally, front man Andy Partridge suffered from stage fright so severely that he had a nervous breakdown in the middle of a concert, so that pretty much eliminated touring to support their music. Fortunately, there was MTV, and their clever send-up of the 60s TV series The Avengers for the song "Mayor of Simpleton" did get them a low placement on the Billboard Hot 100 for their only visit. As for this great song, what's not to love?! (Oh, Americans, "football shaped" is round -- they are British, so they're talking about a soccer ball. ) What a terrific, catchy piece of music. Senses Working Overtime Written by Andy Partridge Recorded by XTC From English Settlement, 1982 One, two, three, four, five!