Senses Working Overtime

"Senses Working Overtime"
"Senses Working Overtime"
Single by XTC
from the album English Settlement
Released	January 1982
Recorded	1981
Studio	The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England
Genre	Progressive pop; new wave;
Length	4:34 (single edit); 4:53 (album version)
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Andy Partridge
Producer(s)	Hugh Padgham, XTC
XTC singles chronology
Official audio
	"Senses Working Overtime" on YouTube

"Senses Working Overtime" is a 1982 song by English rock band XTC and is the lead single from their fifth studio album English Settlement. It went to number 10 in the United Kingdom, number 12 in Australia and number 15 in Ireland. It was covered by Mandy Moore in 2004.

References

↑ Hughes, Rob (18 August 2016). "Andy Partridge: The Big Interview". Prog. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
↑ "Mandy Says". Spin. Vol. 19, no. 11. November 2003. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.

[1] Hughes, Rob (18 August 2016). "Andy Partridge: The Big Interview". Prog. Retrieved 17 November 2018.

[2] "Mandy Says". Spin. Vol. 19, no. 11. November 2003. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.

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Mandy Moore
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	So Real (I Wanna Be with You) Mandy Moore Coverage Wild Hope Amanda Leigh Silver Landings In Real Life
Compilation albums	The Best of Mandy Moore Candy
Singles	"Candy" "Walk Me Home" "I Wanna Be with You" "So Real" "In My Pocket" "Crush" "Cry" "Have a Little Faith in Me" "Drop the Pilot" "Senses Working Overtime" "Extraordinary" "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week" "When I Wasn't Watching"
Other songs	"I See the Light" "Someday We'll Know" "Stupid Cupid" "When Will My Life Begin?" "I've Got a Dream"
Category

XTC
Andy Partridge Colin Moulding Terry Chambers Barry Andrews Dave Gregory
Studio albums	White Music Go 2 Drums and Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express 25 O'Clock Skylarking Psonic Psunspot Oranges & Lemons Nonsuch Apple Venus Volume 1 Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
EP	3D EP
Live albums	Live in Concert
Compilations	Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982 The Compact XTC Chips from the Chocolate Fireball Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89 Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 Upsy Daisy Assortment Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions Coat of Many Cupboards Apple Box Psurroundabout Ride
Singles	"Science Friction" "Statue of Liberty" "This Is Pop?" "Are You Receiving Me? "Life Begins at the Hop" "Making Plans for Nigel" "Ten Feet Tall" "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" "Generals and Majors" "Towers of London" "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" "Take This Town" "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" "Respectable Street" "Senses Working Overtime" "Ball and Chain" "No Thugs in Our House" "Great Fire "Wonderland" "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" "Thanks for Christmas" "All You Pretty Girls" "This World Over" "Wake Up" "The Mole from the Ministry" "Grass" "The Meeting Place" "Dear God" "You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" "Mayor of Simpleton" "King for a Day" "The Loving" "The Disappointed" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "Easter Theatre" "I'd Like That" "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" "Where Did the Ordinary People Go?"
Album tracks	"Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her" "Garden of Earthly Delights" "Wrapped in Grey"
Related media	A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC Fuzzy Warbles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hinges Great Aspirations Homespun Homegrown Instruvenus Take Away / The Lure of Salvage Waspstrumental XTC: This Is Pop Planet England
Other topics	Discography The Dukes of Stratosphear Idea Records Ian Reid Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (band) TC&I "XTC vs. Adam Ant"