"Pop Muzik" is a 1979 hit song performed by the British band M, fronted by Robin Scott.

Robin Scott describes the genesis of "Pop Muzik" this way:

I was looking to make a fusion of various styles which somehow would summarize the last 25 years of pop music. It was a deliberate point I was trying to make. Whereas rock and roll had created a generation gap, disco was bringing people together on an enormous scale. That's why I really wanted to make a simple, bland statement, which was, 'All we're talking about basically (is) pop music.

The single was released in the UK first, peaking at number 2 on May 12, 1979, unable to break Art Garfunkel's 6 week stint at number 1 with "Bright Eyes". In August of that same year, it was released in America, where it eventually climbed all the way to number one on November 3.

Along with Scott, other musicians who played on the track were his brother Julian Scott (on bass), then unknown keyboardist Wally Badarou, Canadian synthesizer programmer John Lewis (who died of AIDS in 1985) and Brigit Novik, the backing vocalist.

The single was bolstered by a promotional video that was well received in its day; the clip featured Scott as a DJ singing into a microphone from behind an exaggerated turntable setup, at times flanked by two female models who sang and danced in a robotic manner. One of the sight gags in the video depicted Brigit Novik dressed in blue who actually recorded the backup vocals which are then mimed by the models, something that seems to foreshadow a number of incidents that occurred much later in the music industry with groups such as Milli Vanilli, C&C Music Factory, and Black Box.

The single's B-side, "M Factor", was featured in two different versions. The original cut appeared on the first UK and European releases of the single, while a slightly remixed version appeared on the single released in the United States and Canada.

The image of the baby on "Pop Muzik"'s single disc pictures Robin Scott's daughter, named Berenice, actually a singer and piano/keyboard player and composer herself, and involved with his father's friend Phil Gould and Wally Badarou projects.

The subsequent full-length album New York • London • Paris • Munichwas recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, at Queen's Mountain Studio, using their regular engineer David Richards, as well as Julian Scott, Wally Badarou (who would later work with Level 42 and Compass Point All Stars, among others) and Brigit Novik. Additional musicians on the album included drummer Phil Gould (later of Level 42), Gary Barnacle on saxophone and flute and (at the time) local Montreux resident David Bowie, who did occasional handclaps. The album was also released in the U.S. on Sire Records (with a different track listing / order) but it was not a commercial success.

The 12-inch single version was notable for the B-side having a double groove such that the two tracks ("Pop Muzik" and "M Factor") both started at the outer edge of the record and finished in the middle (with a long silence at the end of "M Factor" since the track was the shorter of the two). This resulted in a random selection of tracks, depending on which groove the needle landed in in the lead-in.

A cover version by male vocal and instrumental band All Systems Go entered the UK Singles Chart on 18 June 1988. It reached a peak position of number 63, and remained in the chart for 2 weeks.

The Barron Knights recorded a brief parody of Pop Muzik ("Chop Suey") as part of their comedy medley "Food for Thought".

Other remixes and remakes recorded by other artists have come from all sides since its creation, including Marcus' "Pop Muzic 2001", eX-Girl in 2001, and by Junior Vasquez and the Dub Pistols in 2003.

A dance remix of the original M track by Steve Osborne was used by U2 during the introduction to each concert on their 1997-1998 PopMart Tour. The remix was later released as the "Pop Mart Mix" on U2's "Last Night on Earth" single, with new vocals by Bono and slightly altered lyrics.

Tricky released a cover version of the song as a B-side to his 1999 single "For Real".

A cover of "Pop Muzik" by 3rd Party appeared on the soundtrack album to the 1998 movie A Night at the Roxbury.

A version of this song is performed in Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical by Cynthia for the ping pong scene in the pub.

In 2001, MTV used a new version for one of the special programs aired to celebrate the channel's 20th anniversary. The lyrics were altered mentioning popular pop artists, mostly at the time, but also for the past 20 years, including Britney Spears, N'Sync, Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls.

In 2009, a CD of remixes by various artists was released to celebrate the song's 30th anniversary.

British pop punk band Buck Brothers released a cover of the song to promote their first tour of America in March 2008. They will release a new revised version of the cover (featuring new guitarist Dom Beckford) on April 12th 2010.

There is in some cases a misconception that the Band Devo actually made the song this however is not true, but Devo did release a remix of Pop Muzik on the aforementioned remix CD.

The song "That's Boonoonoonoos / Train to Skaville" in the 1981 album Boonoonoonoosof Boney M. has in common many things with "Pop Muzik": it is not a cover, but something similar to.

Original 7" single released by MCA Records and EMI in Europe.

Single released as a 7" vinyl in the United States by Sire Records, and as a 12" vinyl in France by Pathé Marconi EMI, both featuring a longer version of the song.

12" single released in the Netherlands by MCA Records. The B-side "M Factor" was featured on the A-side of the vinyl on this release, with a remix of the title song on the B-side.

7" single released in Sweden in 1989 by Freestyle Records.

12" single released in Sweden in 1989 by Freestyle Records.

12" single released in Germany in 1989 by ZYX Records.

CD single released in Germany in 2001 by ZYX Records.