"Treason (It's Just a Story)" is a song recorded by Liverpool group The Teardrop Explodes.
The track was originally released as a single in early 1980 and then included on the group's debut album Kilimanjaro later the same year.
[4] The B-side of the original 1980 7" release was "Read It In Books", the Teardrop Explodes' own version of a song originally co-written by Julian Cope and Ian McCulloch, previously recorded and released by McCulloch's band Echo & the Bunnymen in 1979 as the B-side to their debut single "The Pictures on My Wall".
[5] The Teardrops' version was also included on the Kilimanjaro album, re-titled "Books".
[6] The B-side of the remixed single version of "Treason" was a new track, entitled "Use Me", written by Julian Cope alone.