Blister in the Sun

"Blister in the Sun"
Promotional single by Violent Femmes
from the album Violent Femmes and Grosse Pointe Blank OST
Released1997
RecordedJuly 1982
StudioCastle Recording Studios, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Genre
Length2:27
LabelSlash
Songwriter(s)Gordon Gano
Producer(s)Mark Van Hecke
Violent Femmes singles chronology
"Tonight"
(1995)
"Blister in the Sun"
(1997)
"All I Want"
(2000)

"Blister in the Sun" is a song by American rock band Violent Femmes, originally released on their 1983 self-titled debut album. It was later released as a promo single in 1997 after its inclusion in the film Grosse Pointe Blank. A live promo single was released in 1999 in promotion of the live album Viva Wisconsin.

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