Headache (song)

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"Headache"
Single by Frank Black
from the album Teenager of the Year
A-side"Headache"
B-side"Men In Black"
"At The End Of The World"
"Oddball"
Released1994
Length2:56
Label4AD/Elektra
Songwriter(s)Frank Black
Producer(s)Eric Drew Feldman, Black Francis
Frank Black singles chronology
""Hang on to Your Ego"" "Headache" ""Men in Black""

"Headache" is a single written and performed by Frank Black. It was the sole released single from his second solo album Teenager of the Year, released in 1994. It reached number 53 on the UK charts[1] and number 10 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks.[2]

Co-produced by Black and Eric Drew Feldman (who had contributed to the Pixies' Trompe le Monde), the "blissfully anthemic" song would later appear on greatest hits compilations for Black.[3] The A.V. Club said the song, "embodies all of the off-kilter charm and undeniable catchiness that’s made Thompson’s work so timeless." Interviewer Sean O'Neal described it as, "one of the greatest pop songs ever written."[4] The Quietus said, "The tune is as deliciously catchy and Orbinsonesque as anything he’d previously written, but underlaid throughout the verse with a bassline that keeps ascending to denote pressure, it culminates in a remarkable chorus that sounds like pop’s most mellifluous migraine."[5]

The black and white video for the song was directed by Adam Bernstein, famous at the time for his work with They Might Be Giants.[6]

Personnel[]

Frank Black - vocals and guitar
Eric Drew Feldman - bass and keyboards
Nick Vincent - drums[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chart Log UK". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  2. ^ "Teenager of the Year". allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ^ Tangari, Joe. "Frank Black 93-03". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ^ O'Neal, Sean (17 March 2015). "Frank Black discusses and performs "Headache"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. ^ Turner, Luke (12 June 2014). "Frank Black's Teenager Of The Year Revisited". The Quietus. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Adam Bernstein". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Frank Black – Headache". Discogs. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

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