I've Been Working

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"I've Been Working"
Song by Van Morrison
from the album His Band and the Street Choir
ReleasedNovember 15, 1970 (1970-11-15)
RecordedJune–September 1970
Genre Funk, rock
Length3:25
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Van Morrison
Producer(s) Van Morrison

"I've Been Working" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison appearing on the album His Band and the Street Choir , released in 1970. The song was first an outtake from Morrison's well received album Astral Weeks of 1968. [1] Other versions of "I've Been Working" were recorded for Morrison's next album Moondance , [2] of which, three were released on the 2013 deluxe edition. [3]

Contents

Releases and performances

Personnel on original release

Cover versions

Notes

  1. Heylin, Can You Feel the Silence?, p.195, p.518
  2. Heylin, Can You Feel the Silence?, p.520
  3. Light, Alan; Planet, Janet; Scheiner, Elliot (22 October 2013). Moondance (deluxe edition booklet). Van Morrison. Warner Bros. Records. R2 536561.
  4. Hinton. Celtic Crossroads, p.394
  5. 1 2 3 "allmusic (((Van Morrison > Songs >Songs Composed By)))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  6. "allmusic (((Big Bad Bo > Overview)))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 October 2009.

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