The Lodgers (song)

"The Lodgers"
Single by the Style Council
from the album Our Favourite Shop
Released1985
Length3:54
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
The Style Council singles chronology
"Come to Milton Keynes"
(1985)
"The Lodgers"
(1985)
"Boy Who Cried Wolf"
(1985)

"The Lodgers" also known by the full title "The Lodgers (Or She Was Only a Shopkeeper's Daughter)" is a song by the English band the Style Council, which was their eleventh single to be released. It was composed by lead vocalist Paul Weller and keyboardist Mick Talbot, and was released in 1985. It is the third single from the band's second studio album, Our Favourite Shop (1985). Our Favourite Shop was renamed Internationalists in the United States.