Merry (song)

""Rip the Wreck"/"Merry""
A closeup of the legs and arms of a person seated wearing a leather jacket, jeans, and unlaced sneakers holding a cigarette. The cover is bright yellow and has "homemade sister" written in a thick border along the top.
The single was issued with bright yellow and bright green covers
Single by Magnapop
A-side"Rip the Wreck"
B-side"Merry"
Released1990 (1990)
Recorded1990, Furies Studios, Marietta, Georgia, United States
GenrePop punk
Length5:12
LabelSafety Net
Songwriter(s)Linda Hopper, Ruthie Morris
Producer(s)Ed Burdell
Magnapop singles chronology
"Rip the Wreck" / "Merry"
(1990) 		"Merry" / "Complicated"
(1992)
""Merry"/"Complicated""
Single by Magnapop
A-side"Merry"
B-side"Complicated"
Released1992 (1992)
RecordedDecember 1990, John Keane Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
GenrePop punk
Length4:58
LabelSolid
Songwriter(s)Linda Hopper, Ruthie Morris
Producer(s)Michael Stipe
Magnapop singles chronology
"Rip the Wreck" / "Merry"
(1990) 		"Merry" / "Complicated"
(1992) 		"Slowly, Slowly"
(1994)

"Merry" is a song by American power pop band Magnapop. It was initially released in 1990 as the B-side to a 7" through Safety Net Records (catalogue number NET 17) under the band's original name of Homemade Sister. The song was re-recorded and released again on the EP Sugarland as well as the band's self-titled debut album in 1992 on Solid Records (527.9013.40.)

A live acoustic recording of the song from June 7, 1992, was released on the EP Big Bright Cherry as well as the special edition of the studio album Hot Boxing. A new studio recording of it appears on the 2019 album The Circle Is Round.

NME described the second recording as "a sublime piece of pop supremacy"[1] and James Sullivan, writing for Addicted to Noise in 1996 declared it one of the group's finest songs.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris

1990 release
  1. "Rip the Wreck" – 2:45
  2. "Merry" – 2:27
1992 release
  1. "Merry" – 3:05
  2. "Complicated" – 1:53

Personnel

Magnapop

Production staff

  • Bill Ashton – engineering (original release)
  • Ed Burdell – production (original release)
  • Cathy Carmichael – photography (original release)
  • Michael Stipe – production (later release)
  • Gina Tackett – photography (original release)

References

  1. ^ Morris, Gina (1992-07-04), "Magnapop – NME Interview: Pop Will Treat Itself", NME
  2. ^ Sullivan, James (July 1996). "Magnapop: Quality Is Job One (Part Two of Five)". Addicted to Noise. Archived from the original on 2001-04-30. Retrieved 2011-02-25.