Where Is My Mind?

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"Where Is My Mind?"
Song by Pixies
from the album Surfer Rosa
ReleasedMarch 21, 1988 (1988-03-21)
RecordedNovember 1987
Studio Downtown Recorders, South End, Boston
Genre
Length3:53
Label 4AD
Songwriter(s) Black Francis
Producer(s) Steve Albini
Audio sample
Sample of end of 3rd verse and part of chorus