"Wonderland" is a single by

XTC XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972. Fronted by songwriters Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals), the band gained popularity during the rise of punk and new wave in the 1970s, later playing in ...

released in June 1983, written by Colin Moulding and taken from the album Mummer. Unlike most of XTC's work - which usually features a more guitar-oriented sound - "Wonderland" is heavily laden with synthesizer textures, most of which came from a

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(the band's main synthesizer at the time). This was the only single issued in the U.S. by Geffen Records from the album. A promotional music video was directed by Peter Sinclair. This is one of the songs from the ''Mummer'' sessions to feature drummer Terry Chambers prior to his departure from XTC.

Andy Partridge Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the rock music, rock band XTC. He and Colin Moulding each acted as a songwriter and frontman for XTC, with Partridge writi ...

has subsequently described "Wonderland" as one of Moulding's "most beautiful melodies".

Track listing

#"Wonderland" ( Colin Moulding) – 3:50 #"Jump" (

) – 4:39

Personnel

* Terry Chambers – drums * Dave Gregory – guitar * Colin Moulding – vocals, bass *

Steve Nye Steve Nye is an English music producer for several artists. Career Nye started out as a tape op at AIR Studios in London in 1971, where producer Rupert Hine discovered him. There he got into engineering (and later producing) many well-known a ...

– mini-korg *

– guitar *Mixed by Alex Sadkin and Phil Thornalley at RAK Studio Two

References

External links

* Songs written by Colin Moulding 1983 singles XTC songs Virgin Records singles 1983 songs {{1980s-single-stub