She Is Beyond Good and Evil

"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.^[4]

"She Is Beyond Good and Evil"
Single by The Pop Group
B-side	"3'38"
Released	2 March 1979
Genre	Post-punk[1] funk[2] dub[3]
Length	3:23
Label	Radar
Songwriter(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

Lyrics

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."^[5]

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
NME	United Kingdom	Singles of the Year[6]	1979	19
Sounds	United Kingdom	The 100 Best Singles of All Time[7]	1986	69
NME	United Kingdom	The Top 150 Singles of All Time[8]	1987	71
Paul Morley	United Kingdom	Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time[9]	2003	*
Pitchfork Media	United States	The Pitchfork 500 (1977–1979)[10]	2008	*
The Guardian	United Kingdom	1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear[11]	2009	*
Q	United Kingdom	50 Ultimate British Songs[12]	2011	27
Treble	United States	The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s[13]	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

The Pop Group Gareth Sager – saxophone, guitar Bruce Smith – drums, percussion Mark Stewart – vocals Simon Underwood – bass guitar John Waddington – guitar

Technical personnel Dennis Bovell – production George Peckham – mastering

References

1. Alexander, Phil (1 April 2014). "20 Great Post-Punk Tracks". Mojo. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
2. Thomas, Fred. "Citizen Zombie". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
3. Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Routine is the Enemy of Music: Post-punk". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
4. "She Is Beyond Good and Evil Single". thepopgroup.net. 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
5. Nickel, Larissa (March 24, 2014). "Paradise Lost: The Portal in California City". KCET. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
6. "NME Singles – 1979". Rockerilla. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
7. "Sounds All Time Top 100 Singles". Sounds. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
8. "NME Writers All Time Top 150 Singles 1987". NME. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
9. "Greatest Pop Single of All Time". NME. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
10. Plagenhoef, Scott; Schreiber, Ryan, eds. (November 2008). The Pitchfork 500. Simon & Schuster. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4165-6202-3.
11. "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear". The Guardian. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
12. "50 Ultimate British Songs". Q. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
13. "The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s". Treble. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

External links

• "She Is Beyond Good and Evil" at Discogs (list of releases)