Song for Whoever

"Song for Whoever"

Single by The Beautiful South

from the album
Welcome to the Beautiful South

Format

CD single, 7" single

Length

4:05

Label

Go! Discs

Writer(s)

Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray

Producer(s)

Mike Hedges, John Rowley

The Beautiful South singles chronology

"Song for Whoever"
(1989)

"You Keep It All In"
(1989)

"Song for Whoever" is a song by The Beautiful South, written by band members Paul Heaton, and David Rotheray The first and highest charting single from the debut album Welcome to the Beautiful South it peaked at number 2 in the UK charts in 1989^[1] Considered typical of the band's gently subversive, self-reflexive signature style,^[2] it is sung from the point of view of a cynical songwriter who romances women solely to get material for love songs.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Paul Heaton; all music composed by Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Song for Whoever" (single version)	4:05
2.	"Straight in at 37"	4:28
3.	"You and Your Big Ideas"	4:17

Cover Version in 1991, Hong Kong singer Soft Hard covered this song in Cantonese.

References

↑ Chart Stats - The Beautiful South - Song for Whoever chartstats.com
↑ 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear, Part 1: Love, The Guardian, 2009-03-14, retrieved 2009-04-08

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

The Beautiful South

Paul Heaton Dave Hemingway Sean Welch Dave Stead David Rotheray Briana Corrigan Jacqui Abbott Alison Wheeler

Studio albums	Welcome to the Beautiful South Choke 0898 Beautiful South Miaow Blue Is the Colour Quench Painting It Red Gaze Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs Superbi

Compilation albums	Carry on up the Charts Solid Bronze: Great Hits Gold Soup The BBC Sessions Live at the BBC

Singles	"Song For Whoever" "You Keep It All In" "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" "A Little Time" "My Book" "Let Love Speak Up Itself" "Old Red Eyes Is Back" "We Are Each Other" "Bell Bottomed Tear" "36D" "Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud)" "Everybody's Talkin'" "Prettiest Eyes" "One Last Love Song" "Dream a Little Dream" "Pretenders to the Throne" "Rotterdam (or Anywhere)" "Don't Marry Her" "Blackbird on the Wire" "Liars' Bar" "Perfect 10" "Dumb" "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" "The Table" "Closer than Most" "The River/Just Checkin'" "The Root of All Evil" "Just a Few Things That I Ain't" "Let Go with the Flow" "Livin' Thing" "This Old Skin" "This Will Be Our Year" "Manchester" "The Rose of My Cologne"

Related articles	Discography The Housemartins

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