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Is Vic There?

"Is Vic There?" is the debut single by post-punk band Department S, released by Demon Records on 29 December 1980. It was produced by former Mott the Hoople members Buffin and Overend Watts. The title is a quotation from a Monty Python sketch titled "Phone-In", which closed the comedy troupe's 1973 Matching Tie and Handkerchief album. [Read more on Last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Department+S/_/Is+Vic+There%3F). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

"Is Vic There?" is the debut single by post-punk band Department S, released by Demon Records on 29 December 1980. It was produced by former Mott the Hoople members Buffin and Overend Watts. The title is a quotation from a Monty Python sketch titled "Phone-In", which closed the comedy troupe's 1973 Matching Tie and Handkerchief album. [Read more on Last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Department+S/_/Is+Vic+There%3F).