For Real (Okkervil River song)

"For Real (There's Nothing Quite Like the Blinding Light)" is a 2005 single by indie band Okkervil River, released prior to the album Black Sheep Boy. The single features an extended version of "For Real", with "The Next Four Months" and "For the Enemy" as B-sides. "The Next Four Months" is an outtake from Black Sheep Boy, and "For the Enemy" is a live recording, performed while the band members were intoxicated.[1][2]

"For Real (There's Nothing Quite Like the Blinding Light)"
Single by Okkervil River
A-side"For Real (There's Nothing Quite Like the Blinding Light)"
B-side"The Next Four Months"/"For the Enemy"
Released2005
GenreIndie rock
Length18:01
Songwriter(s)Will Sheff
Producer(s)Okkervil River
Okkervil River singles chronology
"Split single with South San Gabriel"
(2002)		 "For Real (There's Nothing Quite Like the Blinding Light)"
(2005)		 "The President's Dead"
(2006)

Track listing
  1. "For Real" – 5:32
  2. "The Next Four Months" – 3:31
  3. "For the Enemy (Live)" – 8:55

References
  1. New York - Volume 38 - Page 92 2005 - RATING 8 BEST TRACK: "HELL YEAH" BLACK SHEEP BOY Okkervil River Austin, Texas, indie-scene stalwarts use a ... BEST TRACK: "FOR REAL" From the first ..."
  2. "A Story of 'For Real (There's Nothing Quite Like the Blinding Light)'". Jound.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2005. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
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