Song for Whoever

"Song for Whoever"
Single by the Beautiful South
from the album Welcome to the Beautiful South
B-side
  • "Straight in at 37"
  • "You and Your Big Ideas"
Released1 June 1989 (1989-06-01)[1]
Length
  • 6:10 (album version)
  • 4:00 (single version)
LabelGo! Discs
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Paul Heaton
Producer(s)Mike Hedges
The Beautiful South singles chronology
"Song for Whoever"
(1989) 		"You Keep It All In"
(1989)

"Song for Whoever" is a song by English music group the Beautiful South, written by band members Paul Heaton and David Rotheray. The first and highest-charting single from their debut album, Welcome to the Beautiful South, it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in July 1989 and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in August 2024. Considered typical of the band's gently subversive, self-reflexive signature style,[2] it is sung from the point of view of a cynical songwriter who romances women solely to get material for love songs.

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  2. ^ "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear, Part 1: Love". The Guardian. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.