Bluetonic

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"Bluetonic"
Bluetonic.jpg
Single by The Bluetones
from the album Expecting to Fly
Released 2 October 1995
Songwriter(s) Eds Chesters, Adam Gorecki, Adrian Mitchell, Mark Morriss, Scott Morriss
Producer(s) Hugh Jones
The Bluetones singles chronology
"Are You Blue or Are You Blind?"
(1995)
"Bluetonic"
(1995)
"Slight Return"
(1996)

"Bluetonic" was the first single released by The Bluetones from their 1995 debut album Expecting to Fly . It spent 3 weeks on the UK singles chart, peaking at number 19 on 14 October 1995. [1] It was also included on the band's 2006 compilation A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95 - 03 . It contains the lyric: 'When I am sad and weary/and all my hope is gone/I walk around my house/and think of you with nothing on', adapted from the poem 'Celia Celia' by Adrian Mitchell.

Track listing

  1. "Bluetonic"
  2. "Colorado Beetle"
  3. "Glad to See Y' Back Again"
  1. "Bluetonic"
  2. "Glad to See Y' Back Again"

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References

  1. "BLUETONES | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".