Love on a Farmboy's Wages explained

Love on a Farmboy's Wages
Cover:Love on a Farmboy's Wages.jpg
Type:single
Artist:XTC
Album:Mummer
Recorded:1982
Length:3:58
Label:Virgin
Producer:Steve Nye, XTC
Prev Title:Wonderland
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Thanks for Christmas
Next Year:1983

"Love on a Farmboy's Wages" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the third single from their 1983 album Mummer. It peaked at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart. Partridge wrote the song during the aftermath of the cancelled English Settlement tour. It features a key modulation from E to F# before its bridge. Drummer Terry Chambers left the band during rehearsals for the song. The single's cover art is a photograph of Partridge's actual wallet with the title embossed.[1]

Music

Ned Raggett called the song "a folk pop delight" which called to mind the period in which "Bert Jansch and Nick Drake had as much influence as Lennon and McCartney".[2]

Cover

Folk-rock veterans Fairport Convention included a cover of the song on their 2007 album Sense of Occasion. Their guitarist and founding member Simon Nicol sang the lead vocal.

Personnel

XTC

Cover versions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bernhardt. Todd. Andy discusses 'Love on a Farmboy's Wages'. Chalkhills. 28 January 2007.
  2. Web site: Raggett . Ned . XTC - Love on a Farmboy's Wages . AllMusic . 7 December 2021.