Little Bear (song)

"Little Bear"
Song by Guillemots from the album Through the Windowpane
Recorded 2006
Genre Baroque pop
Length 4:49
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Fyfe Dangerfield
Through the Windowpane track listing
  1. "Little Bear"
  2. "Made-Up Lovesong #43"
  3. "Trains to Brazil"
  4. "Redwings"
  5. "Come Away with Me"
  6. "Through the Windowpane"
  7. "If the World Ends"
  8. "We're Here"
  9. "Blue Would Still Be Blue"
  10. "Annie, Let's Not Wait"
  11. "And If All..."
  12. "São Paulo"

"Little Bear" is the opening track of Through the Windowpane, the 2006 debut album from indie band Guillemots. It was written by Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield,[1] and in 2010 was listed in the reference book 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die.[2]

In a radio programme celebrating the 40th anniversary of BBC station Radio 1, Paul McCartney named "Little Bear" as one of his "all-time favourite songs".[3][4] McCartney called the track "a very brave way to open an album", and praised its "beautiful orchestration".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Through the Windowpane (Media notes). Guillemots. UK: Polydor. 2006. p. 16. 1701603.
  2. 1 2 Dimery, Robert; MacDonald, Bruno; Visonti, Tony (2010). Robert, Dimery, ed. 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die (illustrated ed.). New York City: Universe. ISBN 978-07-89-32089-6. OCLC 502029980. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Paul McCartney's Beach tears". Monsters and Critics. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Legends". London: BBC Radio 1. September 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

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