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For other uses, see The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead


The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
Single by XTC
Album Nonsuch, Coat of Many Cupboards, Fossil Fuel, Upsy Daisy Assortment, Gribouillage, Demo Tracks
Released April 5, 1992
Label(s) Virgin
Producer(s) Gus Dudgeon

A-and-B-sides:

  1. The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
  2. The Smartest Monkeys

Alternate Singles Featured As B-Sides:

  • War Dance
  • War Dance / Down a Peg / The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead (Demo)
  • War Dance / My Bird Performs / Always Winter Never Christmas

Song Notes: Another relatively popular XTC single, this was from their last album for Virgin. It's basically about any particular martyr figure, though the music video makes some odd comparisons between Jesus and JFK. It's also about a Jack-O-Lantern Andy Partridge had carved for his daughter. This one also had a bit of success as terrible Canadian band Crash Test Dummies covered it for the Dumb & Dumber soundtrack. - Rev. Syung Myung Me

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