Closing Time (Deacon Blue song) explained

Closing Time
Cover:	DBClosingTime.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Deacon Blue
Album:	Fellow Hoodlums
Released:	^[1]
Length:	4:19 (7-inch) 6:25 (12-inch)
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Jon Kelly
Prev Title:	Twist and Shout
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Cover from the Sky
Next Year:	1991

"Closing Time" is the third single from the album Fellow Hoodlums by Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. Released on 30 September 1991, it peaked at 42 on the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

Two of the three B-sides, "I Was Like That" and "Friends of Billy Bear", continue the style of "Fourteen Years" and "Faifley" on the "Your Swaying Arms" single, utilising raw music and low, gruff, and rambling spoken and sung vocals from Ricky Ross. The third B-side, "Into the Good Night", is a more traditional Deacon Blue song.

Track listings

All songs were written by Ricky Ross except where noted.

7-inch and cassette single (657502 7; 657502 4)

1. "Closing Time" (7-inch version) – 4:19
2. "I Was Like That" (Ross, James Prime) – 4:30

12-inch single (657502 6)

1. "Closing Time" (extended version) – 6:25
2. "Friends of Billy Bear" – 2:32
3. "I Was Like That" (Ross, Prime) – 4:30
4. "Into the Good Night" – 3:40

CD single (657502 2)

1. "Closing Time" (7-inch version) – 4:19
2. "I Was Like That" (Ross, Prime) – 4:30
3. "Into the Good Night" – 3:40

Notes and References

1. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 23. 28 September 1991.
2. Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 145.