Editing Marvin the Paranoid Android (section)

==="Marvin"===
"Marvin" was released in 1981. It was a minor hit, reaching number 52 in the British Charts.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Tony |last2=Kutner |first2=Jon |last3=Warwick |first3=Neil |title=The Complete Book of the British Charts |edition=2nd |year=2002 |publisher=Omnibus |page=646 |isbn=0-7119-9075-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Rubenstien |first=Michael-Anne |date=March 2002 |title=Share and Enjoy: M.J. Simpson. A Completely and Utterly Unauthorized Guide to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE |url=http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/birs/bir86b.htm |access-date=October 5, 2012 |journal=Science Fiction Studies |volume=29 |issue=86, number 1 |location=[[Greencastle, Indiana]] |publisher=[[DePauw University]] |issn=0091-7729 |quote=Fans will not want to miss this book, as it contains information they didn't even know that they didn't even know. For instance, did you know that Marvin is the only robot listed in ''The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles''?}}</ref>

The song involves Marvin describing his woes ("My moving parts are in a solid state") and frustrations ("You know what really makes me mad? They clean me with a [[Brillo Pad]]"), to a [[synthesiser]] backing. The intro to the song consists of a simple [[guitar]] figure, but with the tape reversed so that the notes play backwards.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

The vocal was performed by [[Stephen Moore (actor)|Stephen Moore]], who had played Marvin on the radio and television series. Moore also narrated the ship's captain on the B-side.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

"Metal Man" was the B-side. The song involves a spoken exchange between the starship captain (also played by Moore, as is a cameo radio voice) and the depressed robot Marvin. The starship is falling into a black hole, and can only be saved by assigning control to Marvin. In thanks for saving the ship, Marvin is relegated back to a menial servant. Such is the lot of a robot.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

"Marvin" was incorporated into the 2012 live radio show.{{fact|date=December 2023}}