Heavyweight Champion of the World (song)

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"World Heavyweight Champion" was the "top ten" debut single by Pastor and The Makers, as well as the first single from their debut album The State Of Things. The single was released on May 6, 2007 at download time only and later released on CD and 7 "vinyl on May 28 of that year.The single was also released on a white label limited to 800 copies; the track list for this was the same as the standard vinyl. at # 8 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Inspiration

"World's Weight World Champion" tells the story not only under achievement, but the majority are caught up in recurring life, with ironic links "like everyone else". Many songs by the band center on the spiral of one's life. The title track is taken from the Barry Hines 'A Kestrel For A Knave book line.' Like the song, the main character of this book is the less developed youngster in Yorkshire. The song has received a warm welcome, and appears as Zane Lowe's 'Hottest Record In The World Today', and is also favored by Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw and Greg James. The single is accredited to Jon McClure, Ed Cosens and Alan Smyth, acknowledging the work Smyth performed on the demo of the song.

In addition to references to Barry Hines, the song choir includes other pugilistic references, from the On the Waterfront film. The phrase, "I can be a competitor, I can be someone" spoken by Marlon Brando in this movie is paraphrased with the lyrics of the song as "I can be a competitor/Could be someone." [1]

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Trivia

On both vinyls, the inscription "sleeps under the stars MO!" scratched in runoff and catalog number. On the inside of the CD booklet, the lyrics of 'Stamping', a song by Jon McClure for the band earlier 1984 ("World's Weight World Champion" even borrowed the first stanza of the song). When performing live bands often include alternative verses of "Stamping" and extend the end to include the hook of the song Pixeltan 'Get Up/Say What' ("You can say what you want but that does not mean that it's true") that McClure acknowledge on a blog he admired. The song 'Get Up/Say What' was also included as the second song on the latest Mixtape composed by McClure. The Mixtape entitled "And When The World Is Asleep We Listen..." opened with an alternative version of "The Last Resort" featuring only the McClure verses and backing synth.

The song also features features on 'Top Gear: Seriusly Driving Music'.

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Track list

• 7 ": (WOS009S)

• A. "World Class Heavyweight Champion"
• B1. "18-30"
• B2. "The Last Resort" (with John Cooper Clarke)

• CD: (WOS009CD)

1. "World Class Heavyweight Champion"
2. "18-30" (long version)
3. "World Class Champion" (Club Mix)

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Peak Chart Position

• UK Singles Chart: # 8
• UK Download Chart: # 6
• English Physics Chart: # 7
• Airplay UK charts: # 20

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