"You Will Never Work in Television Again" | ||||
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Single by the Smile | ||||
from the album A Light for Attracting Attention | ||||
A-side | "The Smoke" (double A-side 7" single) | |||
Released | 5 January 2022 | |||
Genre | Post-punk[1] | |||
Length | 2:48 | |||
Label | XL | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Nigel Godrich | |||
The Smile singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"You Will Never Work in Television Again" on YouTube |
"You Will Never Work in Television Again" is a song by the English rock band the Smile. It was released on 5 January 2022 as the debut single from their debut album, A Light for Attracting Attention.[2] The Smile first performed it in the 2021 Glastonbury livestream Live at Worthy Farm.[3]
Some publications compared "You Will Never Work in Television Again" favourably to Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood's main band Radiohead.[4][5] Tyler Golsen of Far Out Magazine gave it 8.3/10, calling it "a solid and powerful rocker that lets the guys in Radiohead just hang loose and rock out for the first time in a while".[5] The NPR writer Brian Burns likened it to the post-punk acts Mission of Burma and Swell Maps,[6] while the Guitar World writer Jackson Maxwell compared it to Sonic Youth.[7]
The band released a lyric video alongside the single directed by Duncan Loudon.[8] The video features the song's lyrics scrolling past on a teleprompter. Far Out Magazine described the video as "eerie".[5]
Credits adapted from album liner notes.[9]
The Smile
Production