"A Trip to Trumpton" | |
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Single by Urban Hype | |
from the album Conspiracy to Dance | |
Released | 29 June 1992 |
Recorded | 1992 |
Genre | |
Label | Faze 2 |
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Urban Hype |
"A Trip to Trumpton" is a song by the English duo Urban Hype. It was released on 29 June 1992 as the lead single from their debut studio album, Conspiracy to Dance (1992). [1] Songwriting credits were shared by Freddie Phillips, the composer of the original music for Trumpton. [2] The track was engineered by the DJ Jack Smooth, [2] who conceived the idea, co-wrote and produced it without proper credit. It featured samples from the 1960s children's television programme, Trumpton.
It followed a popular trend at the time of releasing tracks based on children's TV samples - the first of other songs that did this was "Summers Magic" by Mark Summers (20 January 1991), featuring the theme tune of the BBC's The Magic Roundabout, then 6 months later was The Prodigy's " Charly" (7 July 1991), based on the Charley Says series of public information films from the 1970s, and 18 months after "Summers Magic" was Smart E's " Sesame's Treet" (29 June 1992), which sampled the theme music from Sesame Street. This subgenre was dubbed toytown techno. [3]
7-inch single
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "A Trip to Trumpton" |
No. | Title | Length |
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2. | "The Trumpton Remix (Edit)" |
12-inch single
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "A Trip to Trumpton" |
No. | Title | Length |
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2. | "A Trip to Trumpton (The Trumpton Remix)" |
CD single
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "A Trip to Trumpton (Radio Edit)" | 3:34 |
2. | "A Trip to Trumpton (12" Club Version)" | 4:57 |
3. | "A Trip to Trumpton (The Trumpton Remix)" | 5:07 |
4. | "The Dream" | 4:34 |
Cassette single
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "A Trip to Trumpton (Radio Edit)" | 3:34 |
2. | "A Trip to Trumpton (12" Club Version)" | 4:57 |
No. | Title | Length |
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3. | "A Trip to Trumpton (The Trumpton Remix)" | 5:07 |
4. | "The Dream" | 4:34 |
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Ireland ( IRMA) [4] | 21 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [5] | 6 |
"A Trip to Trumpton" | |
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Single by Urban Hype | |
from the album Conspiracy to Dance | |
Released | 29 June 1992 |
Recorded | 1992 |
Genre | |
Label | Faze 2 |
Songwriter(s) |
|
Producer(s) | Urban Hype |
"A Trip to Trumpton" is a song by the English duo Urban Hype. It was released on 29 June 1992 as the lead single from their debut studio album, Conspiracy to Dance (1992). [1] Songwriting credits were shared by Freddie Phillips, the composer of the original music for Trumpton. [2] The track was engineered by the DJ Jack Smooth, [2] who conceived the idea, co-wrote and produced it without proper credit. It featured samples from the 1960s children's television programme, Trumpton.
It followed a popular trend at the time of releasing tracks based on children's TV samples - the first of other songs that did this was "Summers Magic" by Mark Summers (20 January 1991), featuring the theme tune of the BBC's The Magic Roundabout, then 6 months later was The Prodigy's " Charly" (7 July 1991), based on the Charley Says series of public information films from the 1970s, and 18 months after "Summers Magic" was Smart E's " Sesame's Treet" (29 June 1992), which sampled the theme music from Sesame Street. This subgenre was dubbed toytown techno. [3]
7-inch single
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "A Trip to Trumpton" |
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
2. | "The Trumpton Remix (Edit)" |
12-inch single
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "A Trip to Trumpton" |
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
2. | "A Trip to Trumpton (The Trumpton Remix)" |
CD single
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "A Trip to Trumpton (Radio Edit)" | 3:34 |
2. | "A Trip to Trumpton (12" Club Version)" | 4:57 |
3. | "A Trip to Trumpton (The Trumpton Remix)" | 5:07 |
4. | "The Dream" | 4:34 |
Cassette single
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "A Trip to Trumpton (Radio Edit)" | 3:34 |
2. | "A Trip to Trumpton (12" Club Version)" | 4:57 |
No. | Title | Length |
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3. | "A Trip to Trumpton (The Trumpton Remix)" | 5:07 |
4. | "The Dream" | 4:34 |
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Ireland ( IRMA) [4] | 21 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [5] | 6 |