Senses Working Overtime

Infobox Single
Name = Senses Working Overtime


Artist = XTC
from Album = English Settlement
Released = January 1982
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 4:30
Label = Virgin Records
Writer = Andy Partridge
Producer = Hugh Padgham and XTC
Video director =
Certification =
Chart position = * 10 (UK)
Reviews =
Last single = "Respectable Street" (1981)
This single = "Senses Working Overtime" (1982)
Next single = "Ball and Chain" (1982)Infobox Single
Name = Senses Working Overtime

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Artist = Mandy Moore
from Album = Coverage
Released = March 23 2004 United States
Format = digital single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:09
Label =
Writer = Andy Partridge
Producer =
Video director =
Certification =
Chart position =
Reviews =
Last single = "Drop the Pilot" (2003)
This single = "Senses Working Overtime" (2004)
Next single = "Extraordinary" (2007)

"Senses Working Overtime" is a single by XTC released in 1982. It is at once the apogee of their early-eighties British popularity as well as their last gasp of mainstream success in their homeland. While it hit the Top Ten and helped "English Settlement" reach #5 on the album charts, it would also be their last Top Forty entry for a decade.

It has subsequently been covered by both Spacehog on the XTC tribute album "" and by Mandy Moore on "Coverage".

Tracklisting

#"Senses Working Overtime" (Andy Partridge)
#"Blame the Weather" (Colin Moulding)
#"Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)" (Partridge)
#"Egyptian Solution (Thebes in a Box) (Homo Safari #3)" (Partridge) (on the 12" release only)

Mandy Moore version

Senses Working Overtime was the second official single released from Moore's fourth studio album "Coverage". It was only released in the United States as a digital single and is a live version from the Sessions@AOL.

Music video

Although Moore had performed this song live on Sessions@AOL, the video wasn't used to promote the song. However the video is available on Moore's DVD "The Best of Mandy Moore".

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0invUXXsRAQ Watch Xtc Senses Working Overtime on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxdej30Xoro Watch Mandy Senses Working Overtime on Sessions@AOL on YouTube]

Versions

* Album Version
*Sessions@AOL Version