A Trip to Trumpton
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| name = A Trip to Trumpton
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| type = single
| artist = Urban Hype
| album = Conspiracy to Dance
| released = {{Start date|1992|6|29|df=yes}}
| recorded = 1992
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| label = Faze 2
| writer = {{flatlist|
- Robert Dibden
- Mark Chitty
- Freddie Phillips
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| producer = Urban Hype
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"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).{{cite news|author=Rifkind, Hugo|author-link=Hugo Rifkind|newspaper=The Times|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/kids_tv/article3176603.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000|title=Roundabout way to a magical following|date=14 January 2008|accessdate=30 June 2016}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Songwriting credits were shared by Freddie Phillips, the composer of the original music for Trumpton.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Urban-Hype-A-Trip-To-Trumpton/release/80361 |title=Urban Hype - A Trip To Trumpton (Vinyl) |website=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=30 June 2016}} The track was engineered by the DJ Jack Smooth, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803105132952 |title=Toytown Techno |publisher=Oxford Reference |date= |accessdate=30 June 2016}}
Track listing
7-inch single
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| headline = Side one
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| title1 = A Trip to Trumpton
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{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title2 = The Trumpton Remix (Edit)
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12-inch single
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing =
| title1 = A Trip to Trumpton
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{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title2 = A Trip to Trumpton (The Trumpton Remix)
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CD single
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| headline =
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| title1 = A Trip to Trumpton (Radio Edit)
| length1 = 3:34
| title2 = A Trip to Trumpton (12" Club Version)
| length2 = 4:57
| title3 = A Trip to Trumpton (The Trumpton Remix)
| length3 = 5:07
| title4 = The Dream
| length4 = 4:34
}}
Cassette single
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing =
| title1 = A Trip to Trumpton (Radio Edit)
| length1 = 3:34
| title2 = A Trip to Trumpton (12" Club Version)
| length2 = 4:57
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title3 = A Trip to Trumpton (The Trumpton Remix)
| length3 = 5:07
| title4 = The Dream
| length4 = 4:34
}}
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |accessdate=2009-12-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125210/http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archivedate=21 July 2011}}
| 21 |
| {{single chart|UK|6|date=19920712|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 July 1992}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXYa_qklKPc|Video on YouTube]
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Category:Songs based on children's songs
Category:Songs about television
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