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Sour Suite

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"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"
ReleasedOctober 1971 (CAN)
November 1971 (US)
Recorded1971 at RCA's Mid-America Recording Center, Chicago, Illinois
GenreRock
Length4:06
LabelNimbus Records 0578 (CAN)
RCA Victor 0578 (US)
Songwriter(s)Burton Cummings
Producer(s)Jack Richardson
The Guess Who singles chronology
"Rain Dance"
(1971)
"Sour Suite"
(1971)
"Heartbroken Bopper"
(1972)

"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]

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

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  1. ^ The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015
  2. ^ The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" United States Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015
  3. ^ The Guess Who, So Long, Bannatyne Retrieved March 11, 2015
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" Canadian single release Retrieved March 11, 2015
  6. ^ The Guess Who, "Life in the Bloodstream" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015