| Sour Suite | |
| Cover: | Sour Suite.png |
| Caption: | Cover of the 1971 German single |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Guess Who |
| Album: | So Long, Bannatyne |
| B-Side: | Life in the Bloodstream |
| Released: | October 1971 (CAN) November 1971 (US) |
| Recorded: | 1971 at RCA's Mid-America Recording Center, Chicago, Illinois |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Nimbus Records 0578 (CAN) RCA Victor 0578 (US) |
| Producer: | Jack Richardson |
| Prev Title: | Rain Dance |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Heartbroken Bopper |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
"Sour Suite" is a song written by Burton Cummings and performed by The Guess Who. It reached #12 in Canada[1] and #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972.[2] The song was featured on their 1971 album, So Long, Bannatyne.[3] Cummings said it took between two and three days to write the song. Its lyric about being "back in 46201" refers to a zip code for Indianapolis. Cummings took it from the return address of a letter sent to him by a female fan.[4]
The song was produced by Jack Richardson.[5]
The single's B-side, "Life in the Bloodstream", also charted, reaching #39 in Canada.[6]