Mr. Writer

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"Mr. Writer"
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from the album Just Enough Education to Perform
B-side
  • "Maritim Belle Vue in Kiel"
  • "An Audience with Mr. Nice"
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[[Composer|ComposerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]
[[Lyricist|LyricistTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Kelly Jones
[[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Bird and Bush
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"Mr. Writer" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics from their third studio album, Just Enough Education to Perform (2001). The song was released as the album's lead single on 19 March 2001, reaching number five on the UK Singles Chart, number seven in Ireland, and number 53 in Sweden, where it was the band's first and only single to chart.

Background

"Mr. Writer" is track three on Just Enough Education to Perform. In the album's booklet, vocalist Kelly Jones explained that he first started writing the song around the same time that he wrote "I Stopped to Fill My Car Up", the closing track from Stereophonics' previous album, Performance and Cocktails (1999).[1][2] He first came up with the verse chords, then the line "Mr. Writer, why don't you tell it like it is", at which point he stopped working on the lyrics for several months. While in Europe, Jones practiced the chords on touring musician Tony Kirkham's keyboard.[1]

Later, at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales, Jones and songwriter-producer Marshall Bird were listening to Stevie Wonder's 1972 album Talking Book. The album's second track, "Maybe Your Baby", caught their attention due to its "really druggy lazy fucked up feel",[1] and both men agreed to make "Mr. Writer" similar in tone. Together, they combined the "Mr. Writer" chords and "Maybe Your Baby"-inspired riffs while Jones wrote the lyrics to the first verse and bridge that night. Afterwards, producer Steve Bush completed the demo recording by providing bass guitar and drums.[1]

The song was written as response to a journalist who had toured with the band and later gave them negative reviews. The song has been attributed as one of the factors that has caused the group's uneasy relationship with the media. In a 2008 interview with The Guardian, Jones admitted that "...every journalist thought ['Mr. Writer'] was about them. It took me 10 minutes to write and 10 years to explain."[3]

Versions

A live version from Millennium Stadium Cardiff appears on the "Vegas Two Times" single,[4] and a live acoustic version appears as track one on CD2 on the "Mr. Writer" singles, which also includes live acoustic versions of "Hurry Up and Wait" and the Beatles' "Don't Let Me Down".[5]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by David Slade[6] and features clips of the band performing in a snowy globe and some other clips of the band dressed as clowns driving in a car which soon catches fire and is brutally destroyed. Then the band run off into the dusk at the end of the video.

Track listings

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Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Just Enough Education to Perform album booklet.[1]

Studios

Personnel

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Charts

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Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Gold 400,000 

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
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  • CD
  • cassette
 V2 [14][15]
Japan 23 March 2001 CD [16]
United Kingdom 26 March 2001 7-inch vinyl [17]
United States 30 April 2001 Triple A radio [18]
1 May 2001 Alternative radio [19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Just Enough Education to Perform (UK CD album booklet). V2 Records. 2001. VVR1015842.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Stereophonics: Performance and Cocktails". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barnett, Laura (28 October 2008). "Portrait of the artist: Kelly Jones, musician". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vegas Two Times (UK CD single liner notes). V2 Records. 2002. VVR5019173.
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mr. Writer (UK CD2 liner notes). V2 Records. 2001. VVR5015938.
  6. ^ MVDBase Music video Database – searching for Stereophonics videography.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mr. Writer (UK CD1 liner notes). V2 Records. 2001. VVR5015933.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mr. Writer (UK cassette single sleeve). V2 Records. 2001. VVR5015935.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mr. Writer (European CD single liner notes). V2 Records. 2001. VVR5016048.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mr. Writer (Japanese CD single liner notes). V2 Records. 2001. V2CI 98.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 18, no. 15. 7 April 2001. p. 19. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Official UK Singles Chart 2001" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sexton, Paul (24 March 2001). "U.K.'s Stereophonics, V2 Aim for Elusive Stateside Breakthrough" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 12. p. 17. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Releases – For Week Starting March 19, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 March 2001. p. 23. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ミスター・ライター | ステレオフォニックス" [Mister Writer | Stereophonics] (in 日本語). Oricon. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Releases – For Week Starting March 26, 2001: Singles". Music Week. 24 March 2001. p. 27.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Adult Alternative: Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1399. 27 April 2001. p. 120. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alternative: Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1399. 27 April 2001. p. 113. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

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