Bedsitter (song)

"Bedsitter" is a song by British synth-pop duo Soft Cell, from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. Released as a single in early 2 November 1981, it reached No. 4 in the UK.

"Bedsitter"
Cover photography by Peter Ashworth
Single by Soft Cell
from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
B-side"Facility Girls"
Released2 November 1981
GenreSynth-pop
Length3:36 (Single Version)
LabelSome Bizzare Records
Songwriter(s)Marc Almond, David Ball
Producer(s)Mike Thorne
Soft Cell singles chronology
"Tainted Love"
(1981)
"Bedsitter"
(1981)
"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"
(1982)

A song that explored the underbelly of the London club scene of the time, it has been described by critic Jon Savage as one of the greatest songs of the 1980s. Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant included the track in a 2006 edition of the Guardian's "Soundtrack of My Life" series.

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