Not Waving but Drowning Not Drowning, Waving takes their name from the poem. The underground '90s emo-hardcore act I Hate Myself recorded a song with the same name on their album 10 Songs. A track on Julian Cope's 1991 album "Peggy Suicide" was titled "Not Raving but Drowning" after the poem. The poem was also set to music by singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt on his debut album Little with a spoken introduction from a Stevie Smith recording. Singer and songwriter Tanita Tikaram set the poem to music in her song titled "Not Waving but Drowning" which appeared as a b-side to her single "I Might
Not Drowning, Waving January 1986. Bridie and Phillips also worked on the soundtrack for "Canoe Man", a documentary about canoe makers from Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Their work resulted in a six-track extended play (EP), "The Sing Sing", which was released in June. Other members of Not Drowning, Waving have included Penny Hewson and Andrew Carswell. In June 1987, the band issued their third album, "Cold and the Crackle" which was followed in December with an EP, "I Did", recorded with Robby Douglas Turner on vocals. By 1989, Not Drowning, Waving left Rampant Records and signed with Mighty Boy to issue