| "Mayor of Simpleton" | ||||
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| Single by XTC | ||||
| from the album Oranges & Lemons | ||||
| B-side | "One of the Millions" | |||
| Released | January 1989 | |||
| Genre | Jangle pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Andy Partridge | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul Fox | |||
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| "Mayor of Simpleton" on YouTube | ||||
"Mayor of Simpleton" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English band XTC, released as the first single from their 1989 album Oranges & Lemons. The single reached No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, No. 1 on its Alternative Songs chart, and No. 15 on its Mainstream Rock chart,[2] becoming the band's best-performing single in the United States.[3]
- ^ "Oranges & Lemons - Geffon". CMJ New Music Report. 164. 24 February 1989.
- ^ "Billboard > Artists / XTC > Chart History > Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "The Mayor of Simpleton". AllMusic.