| Throw the 'R' Away | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Proclaimers |
| Album: | This Is the Story |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Genre: | Folk |
| Length: | 2:44 |
| Label: | Chrysalis |
| Producer: | John Williams |
| Next Title: | Letter from America |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
"Throw the 'R' Away" is a song by Scottish music duo the Proclaimers from the 1987 album This Is the Story. It was the band's first single, releasing in 1987.
Describing the single, Chicago Readers Bill Wyman commented "it's a rollicking folk number, complete with wordless shouts and a rousing finale".[1]
In 1989, Mike Bohem of the Los Angeles Times called "Throw the 'R' Away" a "celebration of the thick accent that some experts had said would hold them back".[2]