"The Beautiful Occupation" is the second single from
Scottish indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...
band
Travis' fourth studio album, ''
12 Memories''. The single peaked at #48 on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
, becoming their worst performing single to date. The song was written by frontman
Fran Healy and is a reflection of the
anti-war
An anti-war movement (also ''antiwar'') is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term anti-war can also refer to pa ...
sentiments of the
War on Iraq
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, also carrying serious criticism to the invasion itself.
"The Beautiful Occupation" is available free at the Peace Not War site.
PeaceNotWar.org
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Track listing
* UK CD1
# "The Beautiful Occupation" - 3:47
# "The Score" - 4:19
# "I Don't Mean To Get High" - 2:58
* UK CD2
# "The Beautiful Occupation" - 3:47
# "Distraction" - 4:11
# "Back In The Day" - 3:23
* 7" Vinyl
# "The Beautiful Occupation" - 3:47
# "I Don't Mean To Get High" - 2:58
* Minidisc
# "The Beautiful Occupation" - 3:47
# "Enemy" - 3:22
Charts
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beautiful Occupation, The
2003 singles
Travis (band) songs
Songs written by Fran Healy (musician)
Song recordings produced by Tchad Blake
2001 songs
Independiente (record label) singles
Songs of the Iraq War
Anti-war songs