Throw the 'R' Away

"Throw the 'R' Away" is a song by Scottish music duo the Proclaimers from the 1987 album This Is the Story. The band's first single, "Throw the 'R' Away" was released in 1987.

"Throw the 'R' Away"
Single by The Proclaimers
from the album This Is the Story
Released1987
GenreFolk[1]
Length2:44
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
  • Craig Reid
  • Charlie Reid
Producer(s)John Williams
The Proclaimers singles chronology
"Throw the 'R' Away"
(1987)
"Letter from America"
(1987)
Music video
"Throw the 'R' Away" on YouTube

Content

Musical style

Describing the single, Chicago Reader's Bill Wyman commented "it's a rollicking folk number, complete with wordless shouts and a rousing finale".[1]

Lyrical theme

In 1989, Mike Bohem of the Los Angeles Times called "Throw the 'R' Away" a "celebration of the thick accent that some experts had said would hold them back".[2]

References

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