Join Our Club

"Join Our Club" is a single by the alternative dance trio Saint Etienne, released by Heavenly Records in May 1992 as a double-A side with "People Get Real".

Saint Etienne wrote the song after Heavenly Records refused to release "People Get Real" as a single. They deliberately tried to write the most commercial song they could, and it ultimately reached number 21 in the UK Top 40.^[1] The lyric alludes to a number of other songs, some recent hits at the time it was written (e.g. "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Justified and Ancient"), others older favourites of the group (including Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" - coincidentally, a hit cover version for Incognito the following month - and The Lovin' Spoonful's "Do You Believe in Magic", which like "Join Our Club" itself is a celebration of the pleasure of listening to music, and whose title is used as a recurring hook).

In the UK, it was a between-album single, released between Foxbase Alpha and So Tough. "Join Our Club" appeared on the US version of So Tough, while "People Get Real" appeared on the US release of Foxbase Alpha. Both later were included on You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone, a b-side collection in the UK.

In 2001, "Join Our Club" was remixed for its inclusion on Smash The System: Singles and More as the original sounded too 'muddy'. This version also appears on the 2005 version of the same album and London Conversations.

Track listing

All tracks written by Stanley and Wiggs.

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics