| "Sour Suite" | ||||
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 Cover of the 1971 German single | ||||
| Single byThe Guess Who | ||||
| from the albumSo Long, Bannatyne | ||||
| B-side | "Life in the Bloodstream" | |||
| Released | October 1971 (CAN) November 1971 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1971 at RCA's Mid-America Recording Center, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Nimbus Records 0578 (CAN) RCA Victor 0578 (US) | |||
| Songwriter | Burton Cummings | |||
| Producer | Jack Richardson | |||
| The Guess Who singles chronology | ||||
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"Sour Suite" is a song written byBurton Cummings and performed byThe Guess Who. It reached #12 inCanada[1] and #50 on theBillboard Hot 100 in 1972.[2] The song was featured on their 1971 album,So Long, Bannatyne.[3] Cummings said it took between two and three days to write the song. Its lyric about being "back in 46201" refers to a zip code for Indianapolis. Cummings took it from the return address of a letter sent to him by a female fan.[4]
The song was produced byJack Richardson.[5]
The single'sB-side, "Life in the Bloodstream", also charted, reaching #39 in Canada.[6]
