Greetings to the New Brunette

"Greetings to the New Brunette" is a song by Billy Bragg from the 1986 album Talking with the Taxman About Poetry.[1] It was the second single from the album, following "Levi Stubbs' Tears", and reached No. 58 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1986.[2]

"Greetings to the New Brunette"
Single by Billy Bragg
from the album Talking with the Taxman about Poetry
Released1986 (1986)
GenreRock
LabelGo! Discs
Songwriter(s)Billy Bragg
Producer(s)John Porter

The song features Johnny Marr on electric guitar,[3] and vocals by Kirsty MacColl.[4] The song was selected by actor David Tennant as one of his Desert Island Discs in 2010.[5]

The lyrics "Whoops, there goes another year / Whoops, there goes another pint of beer" echo the "Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant... Oops, there goes a billion kilowatt dam" lyrics from the 1959 Frank Sinatra song "High Hopes" composed by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen.

References
  1. Kilman, Larry (22 March 1987). "Bragg doesn't hide his message". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. "Official Charts Company - Greetings to the New Brunette". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. Packer, Nigel (29 August 1999). "CD Review: Billy Bragg". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  4. "Bragg Reissued, Boxed By Yep Roc". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 7 July 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. "BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - 1 January 2010". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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