"This Is Music" was the first single released from The Verve

The Verve

The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...

's second album, A Northern Soul

A Northern Soul

A Northern Soul is the second studio album by English alternative rock band The Verve. The album was released in the United States on 20 June 1995 on the Hut label and in the United Kingdom on 3 July 1995 on Vernon Yard Records...

. The aptly named song is full of varied lyrical images. The song charted at #35 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. "This Is Music" featured as the band's opening song for the majority of their 2008 reunion tour.

Track listing

• CD HUTCD 54

1. This Is Music - 3.35
2. Let the Damage Begin - 4.23
3. You and Me - 3.53
   • 7" HUT 54
4. This Is Music - 3.35
5. Let the Damage Begin - 4.23
   • 12" HUTT 54
6. This Is Music - 3.35
7. Let the Damage Begin - 4.23
8. You and Me - 3.53

US version

In 1995 This Is Music was released for the American market - with a different track listing. The single was distributed by American label Vernon Yard Recordings.

• CD Promo DPRO-11041

1. This Is Music - 3.35
2. History (Radio Edit) - 4.02
3. On Your Own (Solo Acoustic/Recorded Live from MTV's 120 Minutes) - 4.01