Love Missile F1-11 (Pop Will Eat Itself Song)

"Love Missile F1-11"
Single by Pop Will Eat Itself
from the album Box Frenzy
B-side "Orgone Accumulator"
Released 1987
Format
Label Chapter 22
Pop Will Eat Itself singles chronology
"Sweet Sweet Pie"
(1987)		 "Love Missile F1-11"
(1987)		 "Beaver Patrol"
(1987)

"Love Missile F1-11" (subtitled "The Covers EP") is a single released in 1987 by the band Pop Will Eat Itself. A different, remixed version based on the "Designer Grebo Megamix" is found on their album Box Frenzy. The original version of the song is found on the compilation album Now For A Feast! and also on the CD version of There Is No Love Between Us Anymore.

The a-side of the vinyl release is a cover of the Sigue Sigue Sputnik song "Love Missile F1-11", however, the Pop Will Eat Itself version contains new and altered lyrics. "Orgone Accumulator", the b-side, is a cover of the Hawkwind song, and it is much closer in sound to the original, retaining the original lyrics, riffs and a similar drumbeat. The other songs found on the 12" release, "Everything That Rises" and "Like An Angel" are also covers (of Shriekback and The Mighty Lemon Drops, respectively). The album is subtitled "The Covers EP" for the reason that all four of the songs are covers.

A music video was recorded for "Love Missile F1-11" in 1987, and despite the hinted-at connotations of the lyrics, deals with the literal meaning, with the band playing in a war zone, inter-cut with shots of them playing in a several other locations, including a subway station. A large part of the video is done in a jittery style, with the picture seeming to freeze and blur every few frames. This effect is similar to the one later utilized in the video for "Def.Con.One".

Track Listing

7" Version

Side One

  1. "Love Missile F1-11" 2:48

Side Two

  1. "Orgone Accumulator" 1:58

12" Version

Side One

  1. "Love Missile F1-11" 2:48

Side Two

  1. "Orgone Accumulator" 1:58
  2. "Everything That Rises" 2:31
  3. "Like An Angel" 2:30

Remix 12" Version

Side One

  1. "Love Missile F1-11 (Designer Grebo Megamix)" 4:05

Side Two

  1. "Love Missile F1-11" 2:48
  2. "Orgone Accumulator" 1:58
  3. "Everything That Rises (New Version)" 2:34

References

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