Merry (song)

""Rip the Wreck"/"Merry""
The single was issued with bright yellow and bright green covers
Single by Magnapop
A-side	"Rip the Wreck"
B-side	"Merry"
Released	1990 (1990)
Format	7"
Recorded	1990, Furies Studios, Marietta, Georgia, United States
Genre	Pop punk
Length	5:12
Label	Safety Net
Writer(s)	Linda Hopper, Ruthie Morris
Producer	Ed Burdell
Magnapop singles chronology
"Rip the Wreck"/"Merry" (1990) "Merry"/"Complicated" (1992)

""Merry"/"Complicated""
The cover is identical to the band's debut album Magnapop
Single by Magnapop
A-side	"Merry"
B-side	"Complicated"
Released	1992 (1992)
Format	7"
Recorded	December 1990, John Keane Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre	Pop punk
Length	4:58
Label	Solid
Writer(s)	Linda Hopper, Ruthie Morris
Producer	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.

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

• Linda Hopper – lead vocals
• David McNair – drums
• Ruthie Morris – lead guitar
• Shannon Mulvaney – bass guitar

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 (1996-07). "Magnapop: Quality Is Job One (Part Two of Five)". Addicted to Noise. Archived from the original on 2001-04-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20010430115232/http://www.addict.com/issues/2.06/html/lofi/Features/Magnapop/page_02.html. Retrieved 2011-02-25. 

External links

• "Merry" at Discogs