Blister in the Sun
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| "Blister in the Sun" | ||
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| Single by Violent Femmes | ||
| from the album Violent Femmes | ||
| Released | 1990 | |
| Format | CD, Vinyl, Cassette | |
| Recorded | July 1982 at Castle Studios in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 2:24 | |
| Label | Slash Records | |
| Writer(s) | Gordon Gano | |
| Producer(s) | Mark Van Hecke | |
| Violent Femmes singles chronology | ||
| "Blister in the Sun" (1982) |
"Gone Daddy Gone" (1982) |
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"Blister in the Sun" is a song by American rock band Violent Femmes, released on their 1982 debut Violent Femmes. A modest hit when it was released, the catchy tune has since passed into the canon of alternative rock classics.
According to lead singer Gordon Gano, this song is not about masturbation as popularly thought. He wrote this song about a girl he had a crush on in high school. Gordon was sensitive about his small hands, and on the first day of school a girl came up to him, held his hands in the air, and exclaimed, "Look what small hands he has!" So, he wrote the song from the perspective of a girl lusting after a boy with big hands. This explains the "big hands I know you're the one" line.[1]
In 2005, it became the first English language track to ever be allowed on RnaG, the Republic of Ireland Irish language radio station. The song is also featured on the soundtrack of the 1997 film Grosse Pointe Blank with John Cusack. The instrumental version was used in the 2006 film The Benchwarmers. Although many think an instrumental version of the song was used as the theme song for the first season of Two Guys and a Girl (known then as Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place), that song was in fact an original composition. Also this song was used to market the USA Network television show Psych.
In 2005, it was voted the Most Essential Song of all time by Australian radio station Triple M.
In early 2007, the intro to this song was used in a commercial for Wendy's Restaurants.
[edit] References
| Violent Femmes |
| Gordon Gano | Brian Ritchie | Victor DeLorenzo | Guy Hoffman |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Violent Femmes | Hallowed Ground | The Blind Leading the Naked | 3 | Why Do Birds Sing? | New Times | Rock!!!!! | Freak Magnet |
| Compilations: Debacle: The First Decade | Add It Up (1981-1993) | Something's Wrong | Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes |
| Live Albums: Viva Wisconsin | BBC Live | Archive Series No. 1: Live in Iceland | Archive Series No. 2: Live in Chicago Q101 |
| DVDs: Permanent Record - Live & Otherwise | No, Let's Start Over |
