Goin' Southbound

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"Goin' Southbound"
Stan Ridgway - Goin Southbound.jpg
Single by Stan Ridgway
from the album Mosquitos
B-side "Newspapers"
Released1989 (1989)
RecordedCapitol Studios, Impala Studios and Knobworld, CA
Genre New wave, alternative rock
Length4:23
Label Geffen Records
Songwriter(s) Stan Ridgway
Producer(s) Joe Chiccarelli, Stan Ridgway
Stan Ridgway singles chronology
"Camouflage"
(1986)
"Goin' Southbound"
(1989)
"Calling Out to Carol"
(1989)

"Goin' Southbound" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway and is the first single released in support of his 1989 album Mosquitos .

Contents

Formats and track listing

All songs written by Stan Ridgway

European 7" single (060 24 1026 6)
  1. "Goin' Southbound" – 4:43
  2. "Newspapers" – 2:42
Australian 7" single (102088-7)
  1. "Goin' Southbound" – 4:43
  2. "Peg and Pete and Me" – 2:42

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks [1] 8

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References

  1. "Stan Ridgway - Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved June 29, 2015.