Pull Yourself Together

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"Pull Yourself Together"
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Single by Hefner
Released1998
Genre indie rock
Label Too Pure
Songwriter(s) Darren Hayman
Hefner singles chronology
"'The Hefner Soul'"
(1998)
"Pull Yourself Together"
(1998)
"Love Will Destroy Us in the End"
(1998)

"Pull Yourself Together" is a single by the British indie rock band Hefner. Their first for Too Pure, it was released in 1998 on CD single and 7" vinyl record formats.

Contents

The single was fairly popular. Although it did not chart, it was the "single of the week" on BBC Radio 1 by Steve Lamacq.

Track listing

The single was released in two formats, with the single having the track listing below, while the 7" only contained the first two tracks.

  1. "Pull Yourself Together"
  2. "Christ"
  3. "Smoking Girlfriend"
  4. "Wicker Girl"

Cultural references

The title of the single is used by a successful Indiepop night and fanzine based in Manchester. [1]

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References

  1. "Pull Yourself Together (Pullyourselftogethermcr) on Myspace".