Tracks:
Standard Version: The Body / Religion (87 Remix) / Angry
Remix Version: The Body (UK Remix) / The Body (US Remix) / Angry

Release Date:
31.10.87

Label & Catalogue Number:
Virgin. VST 1010
Virgin. VSR 1010

Highest UK Chart Position:
100

Personnel:
Vox - John Lydon
Guitar - John McGeoch
Guitar / Various - Lu Edmonds
Bass - Allan Dias
Drums - Bruce Smith

Format Info:
Issued as a standard picture sleeve, and as a limited edition remix 12"; with a different coloured sleeve.

Track Info:
The standard issue 12" features the normal 'Happy?' version of 'The Body'. However, the remix 12" features two new mixes of the track. The 'UK Remix' by Gary Langan, and the 'US Remix' by Eric Thongren.

The re-recording of 'Religion' by the 'new' PiL was intended for an album of re-recorded PiL tracks entitled 'Renovations'. However, only 'The Suit' & 'Religion' were ever released, both as B-sides. The tracks were produced by PiL and mixed by Steve Chase.

Trivia:
'The Body' is seen by some as a follow up to the Pistols 'Bodies', as both tackle abortion. However, both tracks come from completely different angles.

This was probably PiL's poorest selling single!

A promo video was shot for the single. Directed by Fiona Stylianou.

Producer:
Gary Langan & PiL

Studio:
Great Linford Studios, Milton Keynes, UK

Sleeve Design:
Unknown

Quotes:
There was a lot going on around the time about the anti-abortion league, and the pro-abortion, and I just thought I'd throw my tuppence into all this - standpoint? Women have the right to have abortions. Period. This is somewhere where no one should interfere. It should never be considered illegal, but then you shouldn't be able to get yourself into that position in the first place. It's only ignorance and lack of education about contraception that leads to these disasters.
- John Lydon, Volume 3 CD/Book 1992

Lyrics:
The Body
Angry

Press Reviews:
The Beat, October 1987