Deface the Music is a 1980 album by the band Utopia featuring Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren

Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...

, Roger Powell, Kasim Sulton, and Willie Wilcox. The concept of the album was to pay homage to The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 and create songs which sounded very similar to the Fab Four's tunes throughout the various stages of their career. The first track, "I Just Want to Touch You", was written by Rundgren for the movie Roadie

Roadie (film)

Roadie is a 1980 film directed by Alan Rudolph about a truck driver who becomes a roadie for a traveling rock and roll show. The film stars Meat Loaf and marks his first starring role in a film. There are also cameo appearances by musicians such as Roy Orbison, Hank Williams Jr., Blondie and Alice...

soundtrack. It was rejected by the producers for fear of legal action because it sounded so much like the Beatles.

Track listing

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Pop Albums	65