A Town Called Hypocrisy

Single infobox
Name = A Town Called Hypocrisy


Artist = Lostprophets
from Album = Liberation Transmission
Released = September 11 2006
Format = CD, 7"
Recorded = Hawaii, 2006
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 3:39
Label = Columbia, Visible Noise
Producer = Bob Rock
Last single = "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)"
(2006)
This single = "A Town Called Hypocrisy"
(2006)
Next single = "Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time)"
(2006)
"A Town Called Hypocrisy" is the second single taken from "Liberation Transmission", the third album by the Welsh band Lostprophets.

The single was released on 11 September 2006 in the United Kingdom. It reached #23 in the UK Singles Chart which could be viewed as disappointing when compared with previous singles. It spent only 2 weeks in the top 40.

Music video

The video was made available on Kerrang! TV from the 11 August 2006. It depicts frontman Ian Watkins as a children's television presenter on a fictional television program called 'Town Time' and is arguably a response to the accusations of the band's metrosexuality.

The video, although seemingly based around the things infant children watch (therefore making it seem quite innocent) is filled with sexual references, both very subtle and very obvious. An example of the more subtle references is at the beginning when we see 'Tender Tim' (Frontman Watkins) and 'Mayor Mary' ending the 5000th episode of 'Town Time', Tim replies to Mary's question "What have we learnt today, Tim?", Tim replies: "We've learnt about sharing, saying "please" and oral (likely referring to oral sex, Mary then quietly elbowing him) hygiene."An example of the more obvious references is the large amounts of drinking and scantily clad women (dressed in all sorts of outfits, ranging from animals to a tooth) performing "kinky", yet childlike, activities on the men in the group.

Track listing

CD 1

#"A Town Called Hypocrisy"
#"Love" (Demo)

CD 2

#"A Town Called Hypocrisy"
#"Distances" (Demo)
#"What You Do" (Demo)

Vinyl

#"A Town Called Hypocrisy"
#"Still Falling"

*Also available from certain download services are four live recordings of the song, taken from the band's performances at Birmingham, Brixton, Nottingham and Cardiff.

Chart positions