Type (song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Type

| cover = Living Colour Type.jpg

| type = single

| artist = Living Colour

| album = Time's Up

| released = {{Start date|1990}}

| recorded = 1989–1990

| genre = Hard rock{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Super Hits - Living Colour {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/super-hits-mw0000033104|access-date=October 24, 2021|publisher=AllMusic}}

| length = *{{Duration|m=4|s=45}} (U.S. radio edit)

  • 3:49 (U.K. DJ edit)
  • 6:26 (album)

| label = Epic

| writer = Vernon Reid

| producer = Ed Stasium

| prev_title = Funny Vibe (remix)

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Love Rears Its Ugly Head

| next_year = 1990

| misc =

}}

"Type" is the first single from Living Colour's second album Time's Up released in 1990.

Music video

Type's music video is set in a run down junkyard styled setting outside of New York City where the band is playing. Throughout the video, images reflect technology, corporate greed, fundamentalist Christianity via televangelism, politics, and poverty have become the norm. It also reflects how regular people are trying so hard to get what they can't have, but the rich can easily obtain.

Charts

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!Chart

!Peak
position

Australia (ARIA Charts){{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/12/week-commencing-10-december-1990.html|title=Bubbling DownUnder Week commencing 10 December 1990|website=www.bubblingdownunder.com|date=December 10, 2021|access-date=December 10, 2021}}

|align="center"|121

U.S. Mainstream Rockalign=center|5{{cite web|title=Living Colour - Mainstream Rock Airplay|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/living-colour/chart-history/rtt/|website=Billboard}}
U.S. Modern Rockalign=center|3{{cite web|title=Living Colour - Alternative Airplay|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/living-colour/chart-history/mrt/|website=Billboard}}

References