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“At Home He's a Tourist” by Gang of Four
From the album Entertainment! (1979)
“At Home He's a Tourist” by Gang of Four appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2003 and 2022. It was first released in 1979 on the album Entertainment!. Its best result is #277 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,189 alternative song of all time.
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"At Home He's a Tourist" comes from Entertainment!, the first album from Gang of Four, which hit the shops in September 1979 through EMI, with Warner Bros. handling North America. The writing credit goes to all four players: Jon King sings lead, Andy Gill plays guitar, Dave Allen bass and Hugo Burnham drums, and the arrangement is credited to the band as a whole. King and Gill produced it with Rob Warr, then managing the group, and Rick Walton engineered.
The record around it is punk with the wiring rerouted through funk, reggae and dub, and King's lyrics on it pull from Situationism, feminism, Foucault, Lacan and Marx on alienation, all circling the idea that the personal is political. Dialectics you can dance to, from a band that put its left-wing politics right there on the sleeve.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 939 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2022 | 277 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
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