Written by:
Joe Beal, Jim Boothe
Initial release:
The Complete Peel Sessions 1978 – 2004, Castle/Sanctuary CMXBX982 (recorded 20 November 1994, broadcast 17 December 1994)
Date:
25 April 2005
Subsequent releases:
Cerebral Caustic, Castle/Sanctuary; CMQDD1299; 13 March 2006
Group on initial recording:
Mark E Smith – vocals; Brix Smith – guitar, vocals; Craig Scanlon – guitar; Steve Hanley – bass; Simon Wolstencroft – drums; Dave Bush – keyboards; Karl Burns – drums
Commentary:
A throwaway cover version performed for a December 1994 John Peel session. The original was performed by Bobby Helms and written by Joe Beal and Jim Boothe.
From The Big Midweek (Steve Hanley & Olivia Pierkarski, Route, 2014; page 354:)
“It’s my job to go into town and hunt down a copy of the original vinyl for us to work from, but I can only find a Chet Atkins version. When it’s played in the studio, we realise I’ve gone and bought an instrumental. There’s no lyrics at all except for the chorus, which is why Mark ends up singing that three times in a row. Somehow he manages to lace it with different nuances of meaning every time, until the last ten seconds when he can take no more and is forced into improvising lyrics about Brussels sprouts and green carrier bags on Oxford Street. Class. Just over a minute we manage to stretch it out to.”