| 1939 Returning/Chicken vs. Macho | |
| Cover: | TheCrocketts_1939Returning1.jpg |
| Caption: | CD single disc one cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Crocketts |
| Album: | The Great Brain Robbery |
| Recorded: | August 2000 at Britannia Row Studios, London |
| Genre: | Indie rock, alternative rock |
| Length: | ("1939 Returning") ("Chicken vs. Macho") |
| Label: | Blue Dog |
| Producer: | Charlie Francis |
| Prev Title: | On Something |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
"1939 Returning" and "Chicken vs. Macho" are songs by British indie rock band The Crocketts. "1939 Returning" was produced by Charlie Francis, and "Chicken vs. Macho" (which features guest vocalist Mary Hopkin) was produced by Francis with Bird & Bush. The two tracks were featured on the band's 2000 second album The Great Brain Robbery, and released together as its third and final single on 16 October 2000.[1]
Writer and vocalist Davey MacManus has provided the following explanation of the meaning of "1939 Returning":
Speaking about "Chicken vs. Macho", he provided the following insight:
In his unfavourable review of The Great Brain Robbery, Melody Maker writer Daniel Booth identified "1939 Returning" as one of two "white hot-stormers" on the album.[2]
