Writer's Block (Just Jack song)

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"Writer's Block"
Single by Just Jack
from the album Overtones
Released2 October 2006 (original)
18 June 2007
Recorded2006
Genre Alternative dance, house, downtempo
Length3:43
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Just Jack
Producer(s) Just Jack
Jay Reynolds
Just Jack singles chronology
"Glory Days"
(2007)
"Writer's Block"
(2006)
"No Time"
(2007)

"Writer's Block" is a single by English artist Just Jack which was recorded in 2006. It reached 74 in the UK Singles Chart in June 2007.

Contents

The spoken word sample at the beginning of the track is taken from an interview given by Mary Rand to the BBC at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [1]

Track listings

CD single

  1. "Writer's Block"
  2. "Starz In Their Eyes" (Acoustic)

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