Shall We Take a Trip

We could not verify the writing credits; Dermody said he wrote the lyrics in poem form. The 12-inch FAC 268 is dated June 2, 1990 by LTM and May 21 by MusicBrainz, with a 7-inch promo and an Australian release from August 6, with "Moody Places" on the B-side. It was recorded in London in April 1990 with Ian Broudie, and Wikipedia and NTS credit Timmy Walsh on guitar. Dermody told Live4ever the lyrics were made to reflect the times and the people he was living with, with many references to tripping, that the chorus's initials nod to John Lennon, and that the BBC did ban it, which he says helped; he praised Broudie's great production. Eric Brightwell calls it a not at all veiled paean to LSD, with wah-wah guitar and funky drumming. It was banned from daytime radio and some High Street stores, and used as the theme to Granada's Soccer Night from 1990 to 1992.

Setlist.fm shows 20 performances, their most-played song, ahead of "My Rising Star" and "Take 5" at 15 each. It opened the Wembley Great British Music Weekend in January 1991, and Steve Lamacq played it on 6 Music in 2016. We found no covers or samples.