| "Show Your Hand" | ||||
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| Single by Super Furry Animals | ||||
| from the album Hey Venus! | ||||
| Released | 16 July 2007 (Download only) 13 August 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Miraval Studios, France | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Super Furry Animals | |||
| Producer(s) | Super Furry Animals with David Newfeld | |||
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"Show Your Hand" is a song by Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals and was the first single from their 2007 album, Hey Venus!. The single was made available for download on 16 July 2007 as an iTunes exclusive and was later released in physical formats on 13 August in the UK.[1] The track failed to penetrate the UK singles chart's Top 40, peaking at #46.[2][3]
According to lead singer Gruff Rhys the track is "a song about gambling" and was originally going to be left off Hey Venus! for being "too generic" before Rough Trade boss Geoff Travis persuaded the band to reconsider their decision.[4] Critical reaction to the track was mixed with some reviewers claiming "Show Your Hand" was "ponderously mature" and "more like the generic pop songs one would find on the radio" while others hailed the track as "classic Furries".[5][6][7]
Unlike the two other singles taken from Hey Venus!, "Run-Away" and "The Gift That Keeps Giving", no music video was produced for "Show Your Hand".[8]
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- ^ "Super Furry Animals - Show Your Hand". aCharts. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
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- ^ Goodden, Joe (2007). "Show Your Hand". BBC Wales. Retrieved 2008-07-04. [dead link]
- ^ "Albums, Hey Venus!". Super Furry Animals official website, discography page. c. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2008-07-04.