Sour Suite
"Sour Suite" is a song written by Burton Cummings and performed by The Guess Who. It reached #12 in Canada[1] and #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972.[2] The song was featured on their 1971 album, So Long, Bannatyne.[3] Cummings said it took between two and three days to write the song. Its lyric about being "back in 46201" refers to a zip code for Indianapolis. Cummings took it from the return address of a letter sent to him by a female fan.[4]
| "Sour Suite" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cover of the 1971 German single | ||||
| Single by The Guess Who | ||||
| from the album So Long, Bannatyne | ||||
| B-side | "Life in the Bloodstream" | |||
| Released | October 1971 (CAN) November 1971 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1971 at RCA's Mid-America Recording Center, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Nimbus Records 0578 (CAN) RCA Victor 0578 (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Burton Cummings | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack Richardson | |||
| The Guess Who singles chronology | ||||
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The song was produced by Jack Richardson.[5]
The single's B-side, "Life in the Bloodstream", also charted, reaching #39 in Canada.[6]
References
- The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015
- The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" United States Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015
- The Guess Who, So Long, Bannatyne Retrieved March 11, 2015
- Peter Howell. "Second Cummings: Guess Who's Back on the Charts for the First Time in Years?" Edmonton (Alberta) Journal, May 8, 1996, p. B 6.
- The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" Canadian single release Retrieved March 11, 2015
- The Guess Who, "Life in the Bloodstream" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015
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