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"Wise Up! Sucker" is a single by Pop Will Eat Itself released in 1989 from the album This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! The single peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #41.

In addition to CD and cassette, the single was released in 7", 10", and 12" formats, each with a different edit of the song. The 7" version contains the original version that also appears on the album, while the 10" and 12" versions feature two edits of the Youth remix of the song as A-sides.

The B-side, "Orgyone Stimulator", is an instrumental track based on samples from Louise Huebner's Seduction Through Witchcraft. Some versions of the release also contain the Riffs Mix of the Pop Will Eat Itself song "Can U Dig It?".

A music video was filmed for the song, and it appears on the video album Unspoilt By Progress. It features band members Clint Mansell and Graham Crabb singing in front of various backgrounds such as moving landscapes, comics and the band performing live, while other band members Richard March and Adam Mole play guitar in front of an array of screens, all showing themselves playing. The video is intercut with multiple computer-generated effects and animations.

Track listing

7" Single

Side One

1. "Wise Up! Sucker" 3:24

Side Two

1. "Orgyone Stimulator" 3:04

10" Single

Side One

1. "Wise Up! Sucker (10" Version)" 4:43

Side Two

1. "Wise Up! Sucker (12" Version)" 5:44
2. "Wise Up! Sucker" 3:24

12" Single, CD Single, Cassette Single

1. "Wise Up! Sucker (12" Version)" 5:44
2. "Wise Up! Sucker" 3:24
3. "Orgyone Stimulator" 3:04
4. "Can U Dig It? (Riffs Mix)" 3:18

References

1. "News" (PDF). Record Mirror (14): 7. 1989-04-08. Retrieved 29 November 2021. Pop Will Eat Itself will follow up their near hit 'Can U Dig It' with 'Wise Up Sucker' on April 10.
2. "advertisement" (PDF). Record Mirror (14): 13. 1989-04-08. Retrieved 29 November 2021. Released 10th April
3. "The Official Charts Company - Pop Will Eat Itself - Wise Up Sucker". Retrieved 2010-06-03.
4. "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore - Pop Will Eat Itself / England's Finest / unofficial PWEI website". Popwilleatitself.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
5. "pop will eat itself @ pweination.com". Pweination.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

• 1989 singles
• Pop Will Eat Itself songs
• 1989 songs
• RCA Records singles
• Songs written by Clint Mansell