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Pop Goes the World (song)

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Content
Music video
Charts
Personnel
2012 version
In popular culture
Cover versions
Notes
References

{{Infobox song
| name = Pop Goes the World
| cover = Pop Goes the World single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Men Without Hats
| album = Pop Goes the World
| B-side = The End (Of the World)
| released = October 1987
| format = 7", 12", CD single
| recorded = 1987
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Synthpop, new wave
| length = 3:43
| label = Mercury
| writer = Ivan Doroschuk
| producer = Men Without Hats, Zeus B. Held
| prev_title = Nationale 7
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Moonbeam
| next_year = 1987
}}

"Pop Goes the World" is a song recorded by Canadian new wave/synthpop group Men Without Hats. It was released in October 1987 as the lead single from the album of the same name. The song reached Number 1 in Austria, and No. 2 in Canada and Sweden.

Content

The song very generally tells a story of "Johnny" and "Jenny," the two members of a musical group called "The Human Race" (the members' instruments of choice vary throughout the song, though Johnny is primarily a guitarist and Jenny is a bassist) on their quest for fame in the industry, though at one point the lyrics note that they come to the realization that they could make "more money on a movie screen."

Music video

The music video for the song features lead singer Ivan Doroschuk who tells the story of "Johnny," played by guitarist Stefan Doroschuk (impersonating Elvis Presley), and "Jenny," portrayed by an unknown actress{{efn |Although one source identifies the actress as Louise Court, others indicate that this appears to be a case of mistaken identity.^[2] Court had previously appeared in the band's videos for "I Like" and "Safety Dance".^[2]}} playing a left-handed Höfner 500/1 bass. The two are seen dancing around a bubble-filled stage along with numerous other characters including a keyboard-playing baby and Bonhomme (the mascot of Quebec City's annual Winter Carnival). The word "Pop!", in writing reminiscent of a comic book, appears periodically on screen in time with popping noises that punctuate the song. The video was released in 1988 in the CD Video format.

Charts

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Chart (1987)	Peak position
Canada (RPM)	2
South Africa ^[1]	3
Spain (AFYVE)^[2]	11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	20
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	27

Personnel

Ivan Doroschuk - vocals, guitar, keyboards, drum programming
Stefan Doroschuk - backing vocals, bass

2012 version

The song was re-recorded during the Love in the Age of War sessions, with Ivan Doroschuk on vocals, James Love on guitar and bass, and Louise Dawson on keyboards and drum programming.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} The recording was released as a digital single in 2012.^[3]

In popular culture

The song was featured in the 1987 film Date with an Angel, which starred Phoebe Cates, Emmanuelle Béart and Michael E. Knight. The song was also featured very briefly in the 1991 film The New Order.

The main tune of the song has caught on among sports fans cheering for their teams in several countries across the world. In Argentina, for instance, it is arguably the most popular tune sung by football (soccer) fans, no matter what team or division they belong to. Since December 2015, it's also been very popular in Argentina as an anthem of former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's followers; they sing "Oooh, vamos a volver, a volver a volver, vamos a volver" ("Oooh, we will return, we'll return, we'll return, we will return"). It is also used by football fans in Japan (national team, Yokohama F. Marinos and other teams) and by fans of Sport Club Internacional football team in Brazil.^[4]^[5] In Hungary, fans of Diósgyőr, use the song with the neyt lyrics: "Amíg élek én, nem érdekel más, csak a Diósgyőr, csak a Diósgyőr, csak a Diósgyőr!".

Cover versions

In 1997, Canadian band The Nils covered the song on their album Green Fields In Daylight.
In 1999, punk rock band Apocalypse Hoboken covered the song on their album Inverse, Reverse, Perverse.
In 1999, Barcelona covered the song and it appeared as the fifth track on the single for the song "Robot Trouble."
In 2004, DJ Ötzi performed "You Never Walk Alone" which uses the chorus melody of "Pop Goes The World"
In 2004, LMP covered the song in their box-set A Century of Song.
In 2007, the song was covered by Hyperbubble on the compilation NineteenEightySeven and by Canal Pop on the compilation Southern Waves: Argentinian Tribute To Classic Electropop.
In 2011, The Burning Hell covered the song. The cover was released on the Zunior sampler Have Not Been the Same, Vol. 1: Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die. On the same band's 2016 album Public Library, bandleader Mathias Kom wrote the original song "Men Without Hats" as a tribute to the band's role in his childhood; the song's first verse describes the experience of going to a record store to buy the album Pop Goes the World, and quotes both the "Johnny played guitar and Jenny played bass" lyric and a piece of the instrumental line from this song.
In 2012, Savoir Adore covered the song. The cover was subsequently featured in commercials for Tide Pods.

Notes

References

1. ^http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(M).html
2. ^{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}
3. ^{{Discogs release |id=3529059}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.55555.to/soccer/saposon/f-marinos/marinos_marinos_f-marinos.htm |title=Yokohama F. Marinos saposon |language=Japanese |accessdate=23 March 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407031322/http://www.55555.to/soccer/saposon/f-marinos/marinos_marinos_f-marinos.htm |archivedate=7 April 2010 |df= }}
5. ^ja:ウルトラス・ニッポン
6. ^¹²{{cite web |first=Rohan |last=Berry |url=https://berryapercu.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/the-mystery-of-the-manic-safety-dancer/ |website=Apercu |title=The Mystery of the Manic Safety Dancer |date=December 3, 2011 }}

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