Fergus Sings the Blues

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"Fergus Sings the Blues"
Cover of 7" single
Single by Deacon Blue
from the album When the World Knows Your Name
B-side	"Long Window to Love" "London A to Z" "Back Here in Beanoland"
Written	November 1985
Released	May 1989
Recorded	January 1988
Genre	Pop rock, sophisti-pop[1]
Length	3:54 (7") / 6:57 (12")
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Ricky Ross James Prime
Producer(s)	Warne Livesey
Deacon Blue singles chronology
"Wages Day" (1989) "Fergus Sings the Blues" (1989) "Love and Regret" (1989)

"Fergus Sings the Blues" is the third single from the album When the World Knows Your Name by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. Writer Ricky Ross has stated in an interview with Johnnie Walker and on SpectatorTV ^[2]that the song was inspired by "Gael's Blue" by Scottish singer-songwriter Michael Marra.

Homesick James was mentioned by name in "Fergus Sings the Blues", by the lyric "Homesick James, my biggest influence".^[3][4] James & Bobby Purify were also name-checked in the following line, "Tell me why, James & Bobby Purify".^[5][6]

The main B-side is "Long Window to Love". Some versions of the single contain one or more of the following additional B-sides: "London A to Z", and "Back Here in Beanoland".^{[citation needed]}

The 10" vinyl and the standard CD single release of the single are entitled "Four Songs from Scotland". The single was also released in the format of a 7" box single entitled "Souvenir from Scotland".^{[citation needed]}