Spoon (Dave Matthews Band song)

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"Spoon"
Song by Dave Matthews Band
from the album Before These Crowded Streets
ReleasedApril 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)
Studio
Genre Rock
Length7:33
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) David J. Matthews
Producer(s) Steve Lillywhite

"Spoon" is a Dave Matthews Band song from the album Before These Crowded Streets . Dave Matthews used Peter Gabriel's song "Passion" as an inspiration for this song. [1]

The song features Alanis Morissette on background vocals and one verse, Tim Reynolds on lead guitar, and Béla Fleck on banjo.

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