Take Stuff from Work

Infobox Single
Name = Take Stuff from Work


Artist = King Missile
from Album = Fluting on the Hump
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Released = 1987
Format =
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Avant-garde
Length = 2:12
Label = Shimmy Disc
Writer = John S. Hall, King Missile
Producer = Kramer
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Chart position =
Last single =
This single = "Take Stuff from Work"
(1987)
Next single = "The Box"
(1988)

"Take Stuff from Work" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It appears on the band's 1987 debut album "Fluting on the Hump."

Content

In "Take Stuff from Work," a jangly acoustic guitar and simple drumbeat are punctuated by occasional saxophone fills as frontman John S. Hall delivers a monologue in which he advises listeners to steal various office supplies from their places of employment. Hall states that such theft is "the best way to feel better about your job," and concludes, "I wrote this at work. They're paying me to write about stuff I steal from them. Life is good."cite web
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title = Lyrics: Take Stuff from Work
publisher = Farmboy's King Missile
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url = http://www.i-mockery.com/kingmissile/take.html
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In the liner notes of the compilation "Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump," Hall writes of "Take Stuff from Work": "I did, in fact, write this at work... I went to my desk [and] just looked around the room to think of things to take. The whole thing was completely unoriginal."Hall, John S. (2004). Album notes. In "Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump" [CD booklet] . New York City: Shimmy Disc.]

Music video

The video for "Take Stuff from Work" was directed for no fee by J.F.K. Nitzberg.cite web
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title = Videography
publisher = Laundry Lists of Nonsense
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url = http://www.uptoolate.com/rick/km/video.html
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