Golden Blunders

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"Golden Blunders"
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Single by the Posies
from the album Dear 23
Released1990
Recorded1990
Genre Alternative rock
Length4:28
Label DGC
Songwriter(s) Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer
Producer(s) John Leckie
The Posies singles chronology
"Golden Blunders"
(1990)
"Suddenly Mary"
(1991)

"Golden Blunders" is a song by the American alternative rock band the Posies, released as the first single released from its major label debut album Dear 23 in 1990.

Contents

History

A Japanese single of this is known to exist and features three versions of 'Golden Blunders': lp version, radio edit and an acoustic version. The cover has the distorted pictures of the band from inside the Dear 23 album.

Covers

Ringo Starr covered the song for his 1992 album, Time Takes Time . [1]

Track listing

  1. "Golden Blunders"

Chart positions

Chart (1990)Peak
position
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [2] 17

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References

  1. Borack, John M. (2007). Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Guide to Power Pop. p. 98. ISBN   0979771404.
  2. "The Posies Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.