Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Eleanor Put Your Boots On

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
17 July 2006

Format
  
7" CD

B-side
  
"Wine in the Afternoon" "Ghost in a Ditch"

Recorded
  
2006 in Benton Harbor, Michigan (new version)

Genre
  
Indie pop psychedelic pop

Length
  
3:12 (single version) 2:49 (album version)

"Eleanor Put Your Boots On" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the fourth single from their second album, You Could Have It So Much Better, on 17 July 2006. The single version of the song is a new version that was recorded in Benton Harbor, Michigan during their 2006 tour with Death Cab for Cutie. Promotion for the single included two videos: one for "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" and one for B-side Wine in the Afternoon (recorded at Trama Studios, São Paulo, Brazil), making the B-side a video-clip-only single.

Contents

Overview

Steve Lamacq first played the new version of the song on his BBC Radio show, Lamacq Live in the last week of May 2006. Shortly thereafter, an interview appeared with the band in Nylon Magazine where they confirmed the recording of a new version of the song for release as a single.

The 'Eleanor' in the title is thought to refer to Eleanor Friedberger, lead singer of indie rock band The Fiery Furnaces who supported Franz Ferdinand during their 2004 tour. Friedberger used to have a relationship with Franz Ferdinand lead singer Alex Kapranos.

Track listings

All tracks written by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, except where noted.

7" RUG234
  1. "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" – 3:12
  2. New recording
  3. "Wine in the Afternoon" (Alex Kapranos) – 4:23
7" RUG234X
  1. "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" – 3:12
  2. New recording
  3. "Ghost in a Ditch" (Nick McCarthy) – 3:45
  4. Vocals performed by Nick McCarthy
CD RUG234CD
  1. "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" – 3:12
  2. New recording
  3. "Ghost in a Ditch" (Nick McCarthy) – 3:45
  4. Vocals performed by Nick McCarthy
  5. "Fade Together" (Avalanches Remix) – 3:50
Digital download DOMDIG011
  1. "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" – 3:12
  2. New recording
  3. "Ghost in a Ditch" (Nick McCarthy) – 3:45
  4. Vocals performed by Nick McCarthy
  5. "Fade Together" (Avalanches Remix) – 3:50
  6. "Wine in the Afternoon" (Alex Kapranos) – 4:23

References

Eleanor Put Your Boots On Wikipedia
(Text) CC BY-SA