Slight Return

"Slight Return"
Single by The Bluetones
from the album Expecting to Fly
B-side"The Fountainhead"
ReleasedFebruary 1995
StudioRidge Farm (Surrey, England)
Length3.21
Songwriter(s)Eds Chesters, Adam Devlin, Mark Morriss, Scott Morriss (both songs)
The Bluetones singles chronology
"Slight Return"
(1995)
"Are You Blue or Are You Blind?"
(1995)
"Slight Return"
Single by the Bluetones
from the album Expecting to Fly
B-side
  • "Don't Stand Me Down"
  • "Nae Hair On't"
Released22 January 1996 (1996-01-22)
RecordedMid-1995
StudioRidge Farm (Surrey, England)
Length3.21
LabelSuperior Quality
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Hugh Jones
The Bluetones singles chronology
"Bluetonic"
(1995)
"Slight Return"
(1996)
"Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock"
(1996)

"Slight Return" is a song by English indie rock band the Bluetones, released as their first single in February 1995, in blue vinyl, limited to 2000 copies.[1] The song is named after the subtitle for "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by Jimi Hendrix. It was then re-released on 22 January 1996, as the second single from their 1996 debut album, Expecting to Fly. It was originally issued with "The Fountainhead" as the B-side.[1] "Slight Return" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and is the band's highest-placing single. Bluetones frontman Mark Morriss said that the title of the song was initially a nickname, but as he was not good with naming songs, it eventually became the official title.[2]

  1. ^ a b https://www.discogs.com/release/1869482-The-Bluetones-Slight-Return [bare URL]
  2. ^ Publisher (20 February 2014). "Interview: The Bluetones' Mark Morriss". Songwriting Magazine. Retrieved 24 February 2021.