"Pop Is Dead" was released as a single in the UK in May 1993. Thom described it as "a king of epitaph to 1992". At the time of the release the band was still very excited about the song. But following the lack of chart success and the scathing reviews the song received, all band members came to see the track as one of their weakest. From then on they intended to avoid irony of this kind in their songs, convinced that it doesn't translate and only results in embarrassment.

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