Making Plans for Nigel

"Making Planes for Nigel" is a 1979 song by English rock band XTC and is the lead single from their third studio album Drums and Wires. It went to number 17 in the United Kingdom and number 12 in Canada.

"Making Plans for Nigel"
Single by XTC
from Drums and Wires"
B-side
  • "Bushman President"
  • "Pulsing Pulsing"
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1979
RecordedJune 1979
StudioThe Town House, London
Genre
Length4:14
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Colin Moulding
Producer(s)Steve Lillywhite
XTC singles chronology
""Life Begins at the Hop"
(1979)
Making Plans for Nigel ""Ten Feet Tall"
(1980)
"Making Plans for Nigel" at YouTube

References

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