Is Vic There?

"Is Vic There?"
Single by Department S
A-side"Is Vic There?"
B-side"Solid Gold Easy Action"
Released29 December 1980
GenrePost-punk, indie rock
LabelDemon Records, RCA Records, Stiff Records
Songwriter(s)Mike Herbage, Vaughn Toulouse
Producer(s)Dale Griffin/Overend Watts
Department S singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Rough My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Up Tonight"
(1980) 		"Is Vic There?"
(1980) 		"Is Vic There? (Re-mixed Version)"
(1981)

"Is Vic There?" is a song by post-punk band Department S, released by Demon Records on 29 December 1980.[1][2] It was their first single under the name Department S, after their debut single "I'm Gonna Rough My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Up Tonight" under the name Guns for Hire.

It was produced by former Mott the Hoople members Buffin and Overend Watts. The title is a quotation from a Monty Python sketch titled "Phone-In", which closed the comedy troupe's 1973 Matching Tie and Handkerchief album.[3]

  1. ^ "The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party: Department S - Is Vic There?". Thep5.blogspot.com. 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 151. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ "Anne Carlini - Exclusive Magazine". www.annecarlini.com. Retrieved 2016-12-18.