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Fergus Sings the Blues

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Released
  
May 1989

Genre
  
Pop rock

Recorded
  
May 1988

Length
  
3:54 (7") / 6:57 (12")

B-side
  
"Long Window to Love" "London A to Z" "Back Here in Beanoland"

Format
  
7" vinyl, 7" box, 10" vinyl, 12" vinyl, Cassette, CD, 3" CD

"Fergus Sings the Blues" is the third single from the album When the World Knows Your Name by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. Writer Ricky Ross has stated in an interview with Johnnie Walker that the song was inspired by "Gael's Blue" by Scottish singer-songwriter Michael Marra.

The main B-side is "Long Window to Love". Some versions of the single contain one or more of the following additional B-sides: "London A to Z", and "Back Here in Beanoland".

The 10" vinyl and the standard CD single release of the single are entitled "Four Songs from Scotland". The single was also released in the format of a 7" box single entitled "Souvenir from Scotland".

Track listings

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:

References

Fergus Sings the Blues Wikipedia