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| Single by Patti Smith Group | ||||
| from the album Wave | ||||
| B-side | "Frederick" (Live) | |||
| Released | May 1979 | |||
| Recorded | Bearsville Studios | |||
| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Patti Smith | |||
| Producer(s) | Todd Rundgren | |||
| Patti Smith singles chronology | ||||
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| Single by Sandie Shaw | ||||
| B-side | "Go Johnny Go" | |||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Patti Smith | |||
| Producer(s) | Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley | |||
| Sandie Shaw singles chronology | ||||
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"Frederick" is a song written by Patti Smith, and released as the lead single from Patti Smith Group's 1979 album Wave. The song is dedicated to Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitar player of the Detroit band MC5 and Smith's future husband.
The melody of "Frederick" is an homage to Bruce Springsteen's live arrangement of "Prove It All Night" from the then-recent Darkness Tour of 1978.