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"Slight Return"
Single by The Bluetones
from the album Expecting to Fly
B-side "The Fountainhead"
Released February 1995
Studio Ridge Farm (Surrey, England)
Length3.21
Songwriter(s) Eds Chesters, Adam Devlin, Mark Morriss, Scott Morriss (both songs)
The Bluetones singles chronology
"Slight Return"
(1995)		"Are You Blue or Are You Blind?"
(1995)
"Slight Return"
Slight Return Bluetones.jpg
Single by the Bluetones
from the album Expecting to Fly
B-side
  • "Don't Stand Me Down"
  • "Nae Hair On't"
Released22 January 1996 (1996-01-22)
RecordedMid-1995
Studio Ridge Farm (Surrey, England)
Length3.21
Label Superior Quality
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Hugh Jones
The Bluetones singles chronology
"Bluetonic"
(1995)		"Slight Return"
(1996)		"Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock"
(1996)

"Slight Return" is a song by English indie rock band the Bluetones, released as their first single in February 1995, in blue vinyl, limited to 2000 copies. [1] The song is named after the subtitle for "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by Jimi Hendrix. It was then re-released on 22 January 1996, as the second single from their 1996 debut album, Expecting to Fly . It was originally issued with "The Fountainhead" as the B-side. [1] "Slight Return" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and is the band's highest-placing single. Bluetones frontman Mark Morriss said that the title of the song was initially a nickname, but as he was not good with naming songs, it eventually became the official title. [2]

Contents

Track listings

UK Limited Edition Blue Vinyl 7" single (1995) [1]

  1. "Slight Return"
  2. "The Fountainhead"

UK 7-inch and cassette single; European CD single (1996) [3] [4] [5]

  1. "Slight Return"
  2. "Don't Stand Me Down"

UK, Australian, and Japanese CD single (1996) [6] [7] [8]

  1. "Slight Return"
  2. "Don't Stand Me Down"
  3. "Nae Hair On't"

US CD single (1996) [9]

  1. "Slight Return"
  2. "Don't Stand Me Down"
  3. "Nae Hair On't"
  4. "Are You Blue or Are You Blind?"

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Expecting to Fly album booklet. [10]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [22] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom22 January 1996
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Superior Quality [23]
Japan25 February 1996CD A&M [24]

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