| Doing That Scrapyard Thing | |
| Artist: | Cream |
| Album: | Goodbye |
| Recorded: | October 1968 |
| Studio: | IBC, London[1] |
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| Length: | 3:14 |
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| Composer: | Jack Bruce |
| Lyricist: | Pete Brown |
| Producer: | Felix Pappalardi |
"Doing That Scrapyard Thing" is a song from British group Cream's 1969 farewell album, Goodbye. Composed by the band's bassist, Jack Bruce, with lyrics by Pete Brown, the song, alongside Eric Clapton's "Badge" and Ginger Baker's "What a Bringdown," was one of Cream's final studio recordings.
According to Pete Brown, Jack Bruce approached him to write the lyrics of the song in a telephone call:
Eric Clapton explained that the song, along with the other studio cuts from Goodbye, were recorded due to a lack of proper live material for the album:
"Doing That Scrapyard Thing" was released on Goodbye in February 1969. In some European countries, the song was used as the B-side of "Badge" instead of "What a Bringdown". AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised the song as "an overstuffed near-masterpiece filled with wonderful, imaginative eccentricities."