We Are All Prostitutes

"We Are All Prostitutes" is a song by English post-punk band The Pop Group. It was released as the band's second single on 9 November 1979 through Rough Trade Records. The song is a critique of consumerism.

The song was included as the third track in the 2016 reissue of The Pop Group's 1980 album For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?

Reception

Songwriter Nick Cave declared the song to be the band's masterpiece, saying, "It had everything that I thought rock and roll should have. It was violent, paranoid music for a violent, paranoid time." Writer Mark Fisher described the song "scouring, seesawing, seasick funk, a pied piper’s exit from dominant reality, fired by a fissile compound of millenarian terror and militant jubilation."

Legacy

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Formats and track listing

All songs written by The Pop Group.

• UK 7" single <small>(RT 023)</small>

1. "We Are All Prostitutes"&nbsp;– 3:08
2. "Amnesty International Report on British Army Torture of Irish Prisoners"&nbsp;– 3:08

Credits and personnel

The Pop Group

• Dan Catsis&nbsp;– bass guitar
• Gareth Sager&nbsp;– guitar, saxophone
• Bruce Smith&nbsp;– drums, percussion
• Mark Stewart&nbsp;– vocals
• John Waddington&nbsp;– guitar

Additional musicians

• Tristan Honsinger&nbsp;– cello <small>(B-side)</small>

Technical personnel

• Maxwell Anandappa&nbsp;– mastering
• Dennis Bovell&nbsp;– production
• Adam Kidron&nbsp;– engineering
• The Pop Group&nbsp;– production

Charts

References

External links

• "We Are All Prostitutes" at Bandcamp