Just Hip is track four on the 1986 James album Stutter.
It first featured in the James repertoire in 1980 at the Fall support show at Manchester Polytechnic. The original lyrics to the song are reported to come from cutting out sentences from reviews in the NME and making them fit the music.
An early version of the track recorded in 1983 appeared on a Record Mirror cassette called Spools Paradise
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An emotional charge like an electrical spark
But the fuses are two, you can't tell them apart
When the bodies collide, the bodies emerge back into one
The only urge
All change, all change, all change, all change, all change
Change your partners
But you can't help the bond when nothing stays still
The tiger moves on when its taken its fill
But you cling to the part like a shark to its prey
When the part doesn't last there's pain
But no one to blame
Who's to blame? who's to blame? who's to blame?
Blame
Failed to achieve a basis for collaboration
Failed to achieve a basis for collaboration
Failed to achieve a basis
Failed, woah, woah, woah, woah
But you cling to the part like a shark clings to its prey
The preacher looked out on this wintery day
And he said, "Oh, this looks curly to me."
But the fuses are two, you can't tell them apart
When the bodies collide, the bodies emerge back into one
The only urge
All change, all change, all change, all change, all change
Change your partners
But you can't help the bond when nothing stays still
The tiger moves on when its taken its fill
But you cling to the part like a shark to its prey
When the part doesn't last there's pain
But no one to blame
Who's to blame? who's to blame? who's to blame?
Blame
Failed to achieve a basis for collaboration
Failed to achieve a basis for collaboration
Failed to achieve a basis
Failed, woah, woah, woah, woah
But you cling to the part like a shark clings to its prey
The preacher looked out on this wintery day
And he said, "Oh, this looks curly to me."
Spools Paradise Version
| Song: | Just Hip |
| Released: | July 21st 1986 |
| Main Associated Album (or Single): | Stutter |
| First Heard Live: | Manchester Hacienda – 24th November 1983 |
- Spools Paradise (Just Hip) :Compilation (non James), Album, 1983
- Stutter acetate :Promo, Album, 1986
- Stutter promo tape :Promo, Album, 1986
- Stutter :Studio, Album, 1986
- The Gathering Sound :Compilation, Box Set, 2012
- Justhipper (Compilation) :Compilation, Album, 2017
- London Astoria – 2nd October 1987
- Glasgow Fury Murrays – 6th August 1987
- Sunderland Poly – 15th May 1987
- Liverpool University – 4th December 1986
- Manchester Capri Rooms – 1st December 1986
- Swansea University – 25th November 1986
- Hamburg Logo – 18th November 1986
- Cologne Luxor – 17th November 1986
- Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre – 9th November 1986
- Birmingham Burberries – 4th November 1986
- Salford University – 24th October 1986
- London ICA – 11th October 1986
- London ICA – 8th October 1986
- Edinburgh Hoochie Coochie – 15th August 1986
- Bristol Clevedon Kenn Moor WOMAD – 19th July 1986
- Manchester PSV Club – 15th July 1986
- Manchester Town Hall – 7th June 1986
- London Porchester Hall – 27th March 1986
- Liverpool System – 23rd August 1985
- Bristol Ashton Court Festival – 3rd August 1985
- Manchester Platt Fields Festival – 2nd August 1985
- Glastonbury Festival – 23rd June 1985
- Edinburgh Hoochie Coochie – 26th May 1985
- London Royal Albert Hall – 6th April 1985
- Sheffield City Hall – 22nd March 1985
- London ICA – 19th March 1985
- Blackpool Gaiety Bar – 29th August 1984
- Leeds Fforde Grene – 14th August 1984
- Manchester Hacienda – 24th November 1983
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