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==Release== "At Home He's a Tourist" reached number 58 in the [[UK Singles Chart]], the highest position of any Gang of Four song.<ref name="OCsingles">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17765/gang-of-four/ |title=Gang of Four |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=5 September 2019}}</ref> The band were originally asked to perform the song on ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. However, when the show's producers heard the line "And the [[Condom|rubbers]] you hide in your top left pocket" they asked the group to change the word "rubbers" to "rubbish" for fear of causing offence; the band refused, and the appearance was cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/03/03/his_gang_days_are_behind_him/ |title=His Gang days are behind him |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=3 March 2004 |access-date=29 April 2010 |last=Pothier |first=Mark}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jan/07/1 |title=Jerky, punky, funky |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=7 January 2005 |access-date=29 April 2010 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}</ref> In 2005, the band performed the album live in its entirety as part of the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]]-curated [[Don't Look Back (concert series)|Don't Look Back]] concert series. In 2009, King wrote a track-by-track commentary on the album for ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/gang-of-four-track-by-track |title=Gang of Four Track By Track |website=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]] |date=10 September 2009 |access-date=11 July 2013 |last=Murray |first=Robin}}</ref> Hugo Burnham's memories of making the album were published in 2014, on the 35th anniversary of its release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://caughtinthecarousel.com/entertainment-turns-35-gang-four-drummer-hugo-burnham-remembers/ |title=Entertainment! Turns 35: Gang of Four Drummer Hugo Burnham Remembers |website=Caught in the Carousel |year=2014 |access-date=28 October 2020 |last1=Cantrell |first1=Dave |last2=Gleason |first2=Paul |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223735/http://caughtinthecarousel.com/entertainment-turns-35-gang-four-drummer-hugo-burnham-remembers/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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