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The album follows a loose conceptual thread, and Johnny and Jenny go on to appear as characters in numerous other songs on the disc, being mentioned by name in "In the Name of Angels" "Jenny Wore Black" and "The End (Of The World)". The role of "Johnny" on the album cover (and in videos) was played
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Johnny, Jenny, J. Bonhomme and the baby were actually characters from the opening song "Pop Goes the World"—the album graphics were designed to reference their roles in the song, which opens with the line "Johnny played gee-tar, Jenny played bass."
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Along with the title track, two other singles from this album were released, but neither got much notice. These singles were "Moonbeam", which featured a complementing music video, and "O Sole Mio" that was backed by "Lose My Way" as a promo single.
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Early in the recording sessions, a song called "The Same Halo" was recorded by the band for the album but was ultimately replaced by "Lose My Way" on the album.
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In 1990, Doroschuk wrote the song "A Funny Place (The World Is)", which reused part of the lyrics from "The Real World". It was recorded with
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by Stefan Doroschuk, the band's actual guitarist. The actress who played Jenny is unknown, although she is often believed to be
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This article is about the Men Without Hats album. For the title song, see
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makes a guest appearance and plays the flute on the track "On Tuesday."
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The only credited musician aside from the Doroschuks and Pinkas is
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called "Pyjamarama" was recorded the following year.
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Lenny Pinkas, Heidi Garcia, Bruce Murphy — keyboards
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Index

Pop Goes the World (song)

Studio album
Men Without Hats
Genre
New wave
synth-pop
dance-rock
Label
Mercury
Producer
Zeus B. Held
Men Without Hats
Freeways
The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century
Singles
Pop Goes the World
AllMusic
studio album
new wave
synth-pop
Men Without Hats
Mercury Records
Pop Goes the World
Ian Anderson
Jethro Tull
In the 21st Century
Mitsou
demo
Ivan Doroschuk

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