"The Teacher" | ||||
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Single by Big Country | ||||
from the album The Seer | ||||
B-side | "Home Came the Angels" | |||
Released | 13 June 1986 [1] | |||
Length | 4:07 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Stuart Adamson | |||
Producer(s) | Robin Millar | |||
Big Country singles chronology | ||||
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"The Teacher" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, which was released in 1986 as the second single from their third studio album The Seer . It was written by Stuart Adamson and produced by Robin Millar. [2] "The Teacher" reached No. 28 in the UK, [3] and No. 14 in Ireland. [4] A music video was filmed to promote the single. [5]
Upon release, Duncan Wright of Smash Hits commented: "Another very Scottish guitar anthem, monstrously epic and a definite case of Adamson taking himself too seriously once again. Big Country sound as though they've just wheeled out another ode to their own majestic tediousness." [6] In a review of one of the band's 1986 concerts in Los Angeles, Sharon Liveten of Billboard stated: "Live, "The Teacher" was transformed from a typical, anthemic, Scottish-sounding Big Country tune into a melange of psychedelic/metal/folk guitars." [7]
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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Irish Singles Chart [4] | 14 |
UK Singles Chart [3] | 28 |