Faron Young
The opening track of Steve McQueen, a lyric that borrows the name of a country singer.
Prefab Sprout, from Steve McQueen (1985)
- Written by
- Paddy McAloon
- Released
- July 1985
- Length
- 3:50
- Album
- Steve McQueen
Paddy McAloon wrote it, and it opens Steve McQueen at 3:50. The lyric refers to Faron Young's 1971 waltz-time record It's Four in the Morning, which reached number 3 in the UK. The Brooklyn Rail heard it as a furious attack on late-night country radio, with the harshest blame falling on the singer. McAloon told Diego Manrique in 1988 that Young's albums provoke a very specific emotional response in him, though he does not know the places Young lived. Pitchfork's Stephen Troussé noted that Dolby played the banjo on this country pastiche through a Fairlight sampler.
Released as a single in July 1985, it reached number 74 in the UK. It is the song Prefab Sprout have played most often, with 75 setlists on setlist.fm.
The upload in the hypersongs web is the Truckin' mix, a bonus track on the US edition Two Wheels Good, not the Steve McQueen album track.
More songs by Prefab Sprout
When Love Breaks Down, Appetite, Cruel, Cars and Girls, The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Sources
- Steve McQueen (album), Wikipedia
- Song of the week: Faron Young, Rock Remnants
- Prefabulous, Brooklyn Rail (2007-12)
- Primera Linea: Diego A. Manrique, Sproutology (1988-07)
- Prefab Sprout song statistics, setlist.fm
- Prefab Sprout: Steve McQueen [Legacy Edition], Pitchfork (2007)