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Rules and Regulations (song)

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Released
  
July 30, 2007 (UK)

Genre
  
Baroque pop, pop

Label
  
Geffen

Format
  
Digital

Length
  
4:05

Writer(s)
  
Rufus Wainwright

"Rules and Regulations" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was the second single from Wainwright's fifth studio album, Release the Stars, released digitally via iTunes in the UK on July 30, 2007.

Contents

Despite the success of Release the Stars, which reached #2 on the UK Albums Chart, and the performance of "Going to a Town", the first single from the album that reached #54 on the UK Singles Chart, "Rules and Regulations" failed to chart in any nation. A music video, directed by Petro Papahadjopoulos, was also created to promote the single.

UK digital single

  1. "Rules and Regulations"

Personnel

  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals, acoustic guitar, horn arrangement
  • Carl Albach – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Steven Bernstein – trumpet, conducting
  • Jason Boshoff – programming
  • John Chudoba – trumpet
  • Marius de Vries – programming
  • Dominic Derasse – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Rachelle Garniez – claviola, accordion
  • Jeff Hill – electric bass, upright bass
  • Matt Johnson – drums, recorder
  • Gerry Leonard – guitar
  • Dan Levine – trombone
  • Larry Mullins – shaker, tambourine, tabla, woodblock, fish
  • Jack Petruzelli – acoustic guitar
  • Neil Tennant – backing vocals, synthesizer
  • Dave Trigg – trumpet, piccolo trumpet

    • Music video

    Petro Papahadjopoulos directed the music video for "Rules and Regulations", which features a group of men performing a choreographed dance around a long john-wearing Wainwright inside a London mansion.

    References

    Rules and Regulations (song) Wikipedia
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