| Open Letter (To a Landlord) | |
| Cover: | Living_Colour_Open_Letter.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Living Colour |
| Album: | Vivid |
| Released: | 1989 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 5:30 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Ed Stasium |
| Prev Title: | Glamour Boys |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Funny Vibe |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
"Open Letter (To a Landlord)" is a song by American rock band Living Colour. A power ballad,[4] it was released as the fourth single from their 1988 debut album, Vivid. The song reached No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]
Malu Halasa, reviewer of British music newspaper Record Mirror, called Vernon Reid a "reputed virtuoso in the axe licks department" and described "Open Letter" as "practically atonal with not a pop melody in sight".[6] Ian Gittins of Melody Maker expressed similar opinion on the single. As per him, "Living Colour also deserve far more applause than they've often had in these pages". But a critic thought that the musicians were too straight and wished for them to "have some more fun".[7]
| Chart (1989) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Mainstream Rock[8] | 11 | |
| RIANZ Singles Chart[9] | 11 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 82 |