"This Is Music" is a song by the English

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band

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. It was released as the first single from their second album, '' A Northern Soul''. The song charted at number 35 in the United Kingdom. "This Is Music" featured as the band's opening song for the majority of their 2008 reunion tour. The cover was shot in

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, England, by Michael Spencer Jones.

Reception

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writer Jason Aneky considered the song to be a highlight on the album.

Music video

The video depicts the band playing inside of a black room.

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as well as a young woman are shown standing in front of a building identified as

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and walking inside it. The video ends with Ashcroft falling from the aforementioned building.

Track listings

* CD and 12-inch (HUTCD 54; HUTT 54) # "This Is Music" – 3:35 # "Let the Damage Begin" – 4:23 # "You and Me" – 3:53 * 7-inch (HUT 54) # "This Is Music" – 3:35 # "Let the Damage Begin" – 4:23

References

External links

"This is Music" Music video
The Verve songs 1995 singles 1995 songs Hut Records singles Songs written by Nick McCabe Songs written by Peter Salisbury Songs written by Richard Ashcroft Songs written by Simon Jones (musician) {{1990s-UK-single-stub