You're in a Bad Way

About You're in a Bad Way

"You're in a Bad Way" is a song by British pop group Saint Etienne. It appears on their 1993 album So Tough and was released as a single the same year. The song is a deliberately old-fashioned throwback to 1960s pop music. In an interview with Melody Maker magazine, Bob Stanley claims that it was written in ten minutes as a simple imitation of Herman's Hermits, and was only intended to be a B-side to "Everlasting", but the record company decided that it should be a single. "Everlasting" was dropped as a single and remained unreleased until it was eventually included on disc 2 on the deluxe edition of So Tough in 2009. The album version of the song begins with a sample from the film Billy Liar (1963): "A man could lose himself in London. Lose himself. Lose himself. Lose himself in London!" The lyrics describe a man who is depressed and has ceased to care for himself - the singer tells him "jeans are old and your hair's all wrong / Don't you know that crewcuts and trainers are out again?" The singer invites him to "Just dial my number or call my name". It also makes reference to "watching Bruce on the old Generation Game", which led to the song being self-mockingly described as "the one about Bruce Forsyth" in the sleevenotes to the compilation Too Young to Die – Singles 1990–1995. more »

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1995

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Toast is burned
And your coffee's cold
And you leave all the post 'cause it's nothing but bills again
Home from work
Put the TV on
Get your kicks watching Bruce on the old Generation Game

Just dial my number
I've got some plans for you
You're in a bad way
And I can help you through
You're in a bad way
Every day is just the same (every day)
Just dial my number
Or call my name

Jeans are old
And your hair's all wrong
Don't you know that crew cuts and trainers are out again?
Going out
You're feeling low
Running for cover, it looks like it's going to rain - what a shame!

Just dial my number
I've got some plans for you
You're in a bad way
And I can help you through
You're in a bad way
Every day is just the same (every day)
Just dial my number
Or call my name

Just dial my number
I've got some plans for you
You're in a bad way
And I can help you through
You're in a bad way
Every day seems just the same (every day)
Just dial my number
Or call my name (just dial my number)

You're in a bad way (you're a bad way)
You're in a bad way (you're a bad way)
You're in a bad way (you're a bad way)
You're in a bad way, yeah-ay

(You're in a bad way) yeah-ay

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Saint Etienne

Saint Etienne are an English electronic music band from London, formed in 1990. The band consists of Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne. more »

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