Headache (song)

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"Headache"
Single by Frank Black
from the album Teenager of the Year
A-side "Headache"
B-side
  • "Men in Black"
  • "At the End of the World"
  • "Oddball"
  • "Hate Me"
  • "This Is Where I Belong"
  • "Amnesia"
  • "Headache" (N.Y.C. Version)
Released1994
Studio The Clubhouse (Burbank), American (Calabasas)
Length2:56
Label 4AD/Elektra
Songwriter(s) Frank Black
Producer(s) Eric Drew Feldman, Frank Black
Frank Black singles chronology
"Hang On to Your Ego"
(1993)		"Headache"
(1994)		"Men in Black"
(1995)

"Headache" is a single written and performed by Frank Black. It was the sole single released from his second solo album, Teenager of the Year , released in 1994. It reached number 53 on the UK charts [1] and number 10 on Billboard 's Modern Rock Tracks. [2]

Contents

Co-produced by Black and Eric Drew Feldman (who had contributed to the Pixies' Trompe le Monde ), the "blissfully anthemic" song would later appear on greatest hits compilations for Black. [3]

Retrospective reception

The A.V. Club said the song "embodies all of the off-kilter charm and undeniable catchiness that's made Thompson's work so timeless." Interviewer Sean O'Neal described it as, "one of the greatest pop songs ever written." [4] The Quietus said, "The tune is as deliciously catchy and Orbinsonesque [sic] as anything he'd previously written, but underlaid throughout the verse with a bassline that keeps ascending to denote pressure, it culminates in a remarkable chorus that sounds like pop's most mellifluous migraine." [5]

Promotion

The black and white video for the song was directed by Adam Bernstein, [6] famous at the time for his work with They Might Be Giants.

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ "FRANK BLACK - full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Frank Black". Billboard . Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ↑ Tangari, Joe. "Frank Black 93-03". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ O'Neal, Sean (March 17, 2015). "Frank Black discusses and performs "Headache"". The A.V. Club . Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ Turner, Luke (June 12, 2014). "Frank Black's Teenager Of The Year Revisited". The Quietus . Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ Williams, Gracie (April 6, 2021). "The 10 best Frank Black songs with and without the Pixies". Far Out Magazine . Retrieved February 4, 2022.
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