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"Chocolate Girl"
Single by Deacon Blue
from the album Raintown
B-side"S.H.A.R.O.N."
ReleasedJuly 1988
Genre Pop rock, blues
Length3:28 (7")
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Ricky Ross
Producer(s) Jon Kelly
Michael Brauer
Deacon Blue singles chronology
" When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)"
(1988) 		"Chocolate Girl"
(1988) 		" Real Gone Kid"
(1988)

"Chocolate Girl" is the fourth song released as a single from the album Raintown by the Scottish group Deacon Blue. The single version differed from the album version of the song. It is a remix by the American mixer Michael Brauer, which adds a longer musical interlude in the middle of the song and gives greater emphasis to B.J. Cole's pedal steel guitar in parts of the song.[ citation needed]

The track reached No. 43 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1988, spending seven weeks in the listing. [1] [2]

In an interview given to the Daily Record in 2012, songwriter Ricky Ross explained that "Chocolate Girl" was "about someone’s relationship which sounded bad. I don’t really like sexist love songs, that awful song by Eric Clapton, " Wonderful Tonight". There’s a song by Prefab Sprout which says the same thing, called " Cruel", which I love". [3] The Herald also spotted "Chocolate Girl’s dysfunctional Don Juan" running through the lyrics. [4] Paddy McAloon claimed in a 1990 interview that the band approached him to contribute vocals to the song. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:

7" single (deac 6)

  1. "Chocolate Girl (Brauer Remix)" – 3:28
  2. "S.H.A.R.O.N." – 4:13 [6]

7" limited edition single (deac ep6)

  1. "Chocolate Girl (Brauer Remix)" – 3:28
  2. "S.H.A.R.O.N." – 4:13
  3. "The Very Thing (Livesey Remix)" – 3:29
  4. "Love's Great Fears (Brauer Remix)" ( Prime, Ross) – 3:33

12" single (deac t6)

  1. "Chocolate Girl (Brauer Remix) (Extended Version)"
  2. "Dignity (Live)
  3. "Love's Great Fears (Live) ( Prime, Ross)
  4. "S.H.A.R.O.N." – 4:13

CD single (CDDeac 6)

  1. "Chocolate Girl (Brauer Remix)" – 3:28
  2. "S.H.A.R.O.N." – 4:13
  3. "The Very Thing (Livesey Remix)" – 3:29
  4. "Love's Great Fears (Brauer Remix)" ( Prime, Ross) – 3:33

References

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 2145. ISBN  1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ "DEACON BLUE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. ^ English, Paul (9 September 2012). "Despite album title, Deacon Blue insist they're more hip replacements than hipsters". Daily Record. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. ^ Meighan, Nicola (16 December 2013). "Interview: Deacon Blue". Nicolameighan.wordpress.com. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. ^ Perrone, Pierre (1990). "Prefab Sprout". Club Pour Hommes. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl". Discogs. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

External links

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