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No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew) by Mogwai
No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew) is an EP by Mogwai, released in 1998. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Xmas Steps”, on 1 list with a best position of #2.
No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew), Mogwai's second EP, came out through Chemikal Underground in 1998, and its title is a two-fingered salute to a curfew that made it illegal for anyone under 16 in Lanarkshire to be out after 9pm. Three tracks, two studios: Geoff Allan recorded "Xmas Steps" and "Rollerball" at CaVa in Glasgow in April, and Andy Miller cut "Small Children in the Background" at Chem19 in Hamilton a month later.
Stuart Braithwaite's guitar, Dominic Aitchison's bass and Martin Bulloch's drums, with John Cummings alongside, do what Mogwai do best: long, patient instrumentals that murmur and then detonate into distortion. "Xmas Steps" is the centerpiece, and it came back re-recorded as "Christmas Steps" on Come On Die Young. The promo copies had carried "Helps Both Ways" instead, until an uncleared John Madden sample got it swapped out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew) on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xmas Steps | 1 | #2 | – | 1998 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.