I've been forcing myself not to forget, just to feel worse

Thursday music corner: Electronic was a supergroup duo founded by New Order's Bernard Sumner and The Smiths' Johnny Marr. They collaborated with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of the Pet Shop Boys, and ex-Kraftwerk member Karl Bartok. Electronic released three albums during the 1990s: the self-titled debut Electronic, Raise the Pressure, and Twisted Tenderness. All reached the UK top 10, and the band scored eight UK top 40 singles.

Getting Away With It was Electronic's debut single, co-written by Sumner, Marr and Neil Tennant. The lyrics gently satirise the lyrical themes beloved by Marr's former bandmate Morrissey. Ben Thompson of the NME was impressed by the single, calling it 'the most complete pop record of the week, by an infinite margin...A lovely airy melody drifts in and out of the song; gently weighted with obtuse, lovelorn one-liners...The record somehow manages to be much more than the sum of its parts and stubbornly refuses to give up its element of mystery'. It reached number 12 on the UK pop charts, and number 4 on the US Alternative chart.

Electronic - Getting Away With It (1989)

See also:

Music: Electronic - Disappointed (live TOTP, 1992)

Music: New Order - Vanishing Point (1989)

Music: Johnny Marr & Neil Finn - Down On The Corner (live, 2001)