Type (song) explained

Type
Cover:Living Colour Type.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Living Colour
Album:Time's Up
Recorded:1989–1990
Genre:Hard rock[1]
Length:
  • (U.S. radio edit)
  • 3:49 (U.K. DJ edit)
  • 6:26 (album)
Label:Epic
Producer:Ed Stasium
Prev Title:Funny Vibe (remix)
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:Love Rears Its Ugly Head
Next Year:1990

"Type" is the first single from Living Colour's second album Time's Up released in 1990.

Music video

Type's music video is set in a run down junkyard styled setting outside of New York City where the band is playing. Throughout the video, images reflect technology, corporate greed, fundamentalist Christianity via televangelism, politics, and poverty have become the norm. It also reflects how regular people are trying so hard to get what they can't have, but the rich can easily obtain.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts)[2] 121
5[3]
3[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erlewine. Stephen Thomas. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Super Hits - Living Colour Songs, Reviews, Credits. October 24, 2021. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: Bubbling DownUnder Week commencing 10 December 1990. www.bubblingdownunder.com. December 10, 2021. December 10, 2021.
  3. Web site: Living Colour - Mainstream Rock Airplay. Billboard.
  4. Web site: Living Colour - Alternative Airplay. Billboard.