| Senses Working Overtime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single by XTC | ||
| Album | English Settlement, Coat of Many Cupboards, Fossil Fuel, Waxworks, The Compact XTC, Upsy Daisy Assortment, Look Look | |
| Released | January 8, 1982 | |
| Label(s) | Virgin | |
| Producer(s) | Hugh Padgham / XTC | |
"Senses Working Overtime" is a single by XTC that was released in 1982. It hit the Top Ten and helped English Settlement reach #5 on the album charts, but it would also be their last Top 40 entry for a decade.
It has subsequently been covered by both Spacehog on the XTC tribute album A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC and by Mandy Moore on Coverage.
A-and-B-sides:
- Senses Working Overtime
- Blame The Weather
- Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)
Alternate singles featured as B-Sides:
- Egyptian Solution (Thebes In A Box) / Tissue Tigers (The Arguers) / Blame The Weather
- Blame The Weather
- Ball And Chain
- Blame The Weather / Egyptian Solution (Thebes In A Box)
- English Roundabout
Music video[]
The video for "Senses Working Overtime" shows the band performing the song in an empty (minus the band and their instruments, amps, etc) yet colorful room. The video was released on the Look Look video compilation.
Review: One of the most popular, and oddly enough, best XTC songs. The single version has a bit chopped out of the bridge, but it's still really good. The video for this one is kind of cool with the shifting speeds of the footage, but I can only imagine that it must have been an absolute pain to shoot. - Rev. Syung Myung Me
