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{{Infobox song
| name       = She Is Beyond Good and Evil
| cover      = The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil.jpeg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[The Pop Group]]
| album      =
| B-side     = 3'38
| released   = 2 March 1979
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
*[[Post-punk]]<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Phil |last= Alexander |title= 20 Great Post-Punk Tracks |date= 1 April 2014 |magazine= [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |url= http://www.mojo4music.com/13181/20-great-post-punk-tracks/ |accessdate= 23 August 2016}}</ref>
*[[funk]]<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Fred |last=Thomas |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002791773|pure_url=yes}}|title=Citizen Zombie |website=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=February 23, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Dub music|dub]]<ref name= "Stanley 2013">{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= Routine is the Enemy of Music: Post-punk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=484}}</ref>
| length     = 3:23
| label      = [[Radar Records|Radar]]
| writer     = The Pop Group
| producer   = [[Dennis Bovell]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[We Are All Prostitutes (song)|We Are All Prostitutes]]
| next_year  = 1979
| misc       = {{External music video|1="She Is Beyond Good and Evil"<br>on youtube.com}}
}}
"'''She Is Beyond Good and Evil'''" is a song by English [[post-punk]] band [[The Pop Group]]. It was released as a single on March 2, 1979, through [[Radar Records]].<ref>{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.thepopgroup.net/she-is-beyond-good-and-evil-single |title=''She Is Beyond Good and Evil'' Single |publisher=thepopgroup.net |date=2014 |accessdate=September 11, 2014}}</ref>
== Lyrics ==
In discussing the song, Stewart described the lyrics as "being about unconditional love as a revolutionary force – where idealism and [[energy mix]] poetic, existential, and political yearnings with the romantic idea of passing through nihilism and emerging on the other side with something positive, something beyond."<ref>{{cite web |first=Larissa |last=Nickel | url=http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/kern/the-portal-california-city-dennis-rudolph.html | title=Paradise Lost: The Portal in California City |date=March 24, 2014 | accessdate=September 11, 2014 | publisher=[[KCET]]}}</ref>
== Accolades ==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Publication
! Country
! Accolade
! Year
! Rank
|-
| ''[[NME]]''
| United Kingdom
| Singles of the Year<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1979.html | title=NME Singles – 1979 | accessdate=September 11, 2014 |publisher=[[Rockerilla]]}}</ref>
| 1979
| style="text-align:center;"| 19
|-
| ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''
| United Kingdom
| The 100 Best Singles of All Time<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/sound100.html | title=Sounds All Time Top 100 Singles | accessdate=September 11, 2014 | magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]}}</ref>
| 1986
| style="text-align:center;"| 69
|-
| ''NME''
| United Kingdom
| The Top 150 Singles of All Time<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_singles.htm#150_1987 | title=NME Writers All Time Top 150 Singles 1987 | accessdate=September 11, 2014 | magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref>
| 1987
| style="text-align:center;"| 71
|-
| [[Paul Morley]]
| United Kingdom
| Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/paulmorley.htm | title=Greatest Pop Single of All Time | accessdate=September 11, 2014 | magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref>
| 2003
| style="text-align:center;"| *
|-
| [[Pitchfork Media]]
| United States
| The Pitchfork 500 (1977–1979)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Plagenhoef |editor1-first=Scott |editor2-last=Schreiber |editor2-first=Ryan |date=November 2008 |title=[[The Pitchfork 500]] |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |page=24 |isbn=978-1-4165-6202-3 }}</ref>
| 2008
| style="text-align:center;"| *
|-
| ''[[The Guardian]]''
| United Kingdom
| 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/S589.htm | title=1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear | accessdate=September 11, 2014 | newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
| 2009
| style="text-align:center;"| *
|-
| ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| United Kingdom
| 50 Ultimate British Songs<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm | title=50 Ultimate British Songs | accessdate=September 11, 2014 | magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]}}</ref>
| 2011
| style="text-align:center;"| 27
|-
| ''Treble''
| United States
| The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/S589.htm | title=The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s | accessdate=September 11, 2014 | publisher=Treble}}</ref>
| 2012
| style="text-align:center;"| 49
|}
<small>(*) designates unordered lists.</small>
== Formats and track listing ==
All songs written by [[The Pop Group]].
;UK 7" single <small>(ADA 29)</small>
# "She Is Beyond Good and Evil"&nbsp;– 3:23
# "3'38"&nbsp;– 3:38
== Personnel ==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
;The Pop Group
* [[Gareth Sager]]&nbsp;– saxophone, guitar
* [[Bruce Smith (musician)|Bruce Smith]]&nbsp;– drums, percussion
* [[Mark Stewart (English musician)|Mark Stewart]]&nbsp;– vocals
* [[Simon Underwood]]&nbsp;– bass guitar
* [[John Waddington (musician)|John Waddington]]&nbsp;– guitar
{{Col-2}}
;Technical personnel
* [[Dennis Bovell]]&nbsp;– production
* [[George Peckham]]&nbsp;– [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
{{col-end}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Discogs master |master=50194 |name=She Is Beyond Good and Evil |type=single}}
{{The Pop Group}}
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[[Category:1979 songs]]
[[Category:1979 debut singles]]
[[Category:The Pop Group songs]]
[[Category:Radar Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Gareth Sager]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bruce Smith (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Mark Stewart (English musician)]]