Refugees (The Tears song)

This article is about a song by The Tears. For The Van der Graaf Generator song of the same name, see The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other.
"Refugees"
Single by The Tears
from the album Here Come the Tears
Released 25 April 2005
Format CD, Vinyl record (7")
Recorded 2005
Genre Britpop
Length 2:53
Label Independiente Records
Producer(s) Bernard Butler
The Tears singles chronology
"Refugees"
(2005)		 "Lovers"
(2005)

"Refugees" is the debut single by The Tears, released on 25 April 2005 on Independiente Records. It charted at number 9 on the UK singles chart.[1] This was relatively good considering the lack of success achieved by the previous Suede album. The title track's lyrical content is said by Brett Anderson to have political meaning, regarding his disgust towards the treatment of refugees.[2]

The second single from the debut album, "Lovers," was originally slated to be a b-side to the Refugees single. This was changed after the record label decided it was worthy of being on the album. Anderson claimed that b-side "Southern Rain" deserved to be on the album. The song was well received by critics. Nick Cowen of Drowned in Sound rated it 8 out of 10, saying: "'Refugees' showcases all the dilettante-like swagger the pair's former band exhibited on its more upbeat numbers."[3] John Murphy of musicOMH wrote that, "Anderson sounds more inspired than he has done in years and the song itself boasts a gloriously epic feel, worthy of the first Suede album."[4]

Single Track Listings

7"

  1. "Refugees"
  2. "Break Away"

CD1

  1. "Refugees"
  2. "Southern Rain"

CD2

  1. "Refugees"
  2. "Feels Like Monday"
  3. "Branded"
  4. "Refugees (Video)"

References

  1. ↑ "Artist Chart History: Tears". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Author unknown. "THE TEARS DISCUSS THEIR 'REFUGEES'". NME.com 24 February 2005
  3. ↑ Cowen, Nick. "The Tears - Refugees". Drowned in Sound. 8 April 2005
  4. ↑ Murphy, John. "Track reviews: The Tears - Refugees". musicOMH.
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