This Is Music

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = This Is Music | cover = Thisismusicverve.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Verve | album = A Northern Soul | B-side = "Let the Damage Begin", "You and Me" | released = {{start date|1995|5|1|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=39|date=29 April 1995}}</ref> | recorded =  | studio = Loco (Wales) | genre = Psychedelic rock<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/this-is-music-mt0000544720 |title=This is Music – The Verve – Track Info |website=AllMusic |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> | length = 3:35 | label = Hut | writer = Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones, Peter Salisbury, Nick McCabe | producer = Owen Morris, the Verve | prev_title = Slide Away | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = On Your Own | next_year = 1995 | misc = }}

"'''This Is Music'''" is a song by the English alternative rock band The Verve. It was released as the first single from their second album, ''A Northern Soul''. The song charted at number 35 in the United Kingdom, making it their Top 40 debut. "This Is Music" featured as the band's opening song for the majority of their 2008 reunion tour. The cover was shot in Leeds, England, by Michael Spencer Jones.

== Reception == AllMusic writer Jason Aneky considered the song to be a highlight on the album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Northern Soul – The Verve {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-northern-soul-mw0000126607 |website=AllMusic |language=en |access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>

== Music video == The video depicts the band playing inside of a black room. Ashcroft as well as a young woman are shown standing in front of a building identified as Balfron Tower and walking inside it. The video ends with Ashcroft falling from the aforementioned building.

== Track listings == * '''CD and 12-inch''' <small>(HUTCD 54; HUTT 54)</small> # "This Is Music" – 3:35 # "Let the Damage Begin" – 4:23 # "You and Me" – 3:53

* '''7-inch''' <small>(HUT 54)</small> # "This Is Music" – 3:35 # "Let the Damage Begin" – 4:23

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== External links == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgsPAsno4OU/ "This is Music" Music video]

Category:The Verve songs Category:1995 singles Category:1995 songs Category:Hut Records singles Category:Songs written by Nick McCabe Category:Songs written by Peter Salisbury Category:Songs written by Richard Ashcroft Category:Songs written by Simon Jones (musician)