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Sour Suite
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"'Sour Suite'" is a song written by Burton Cummings and performed by The Guess Who. It reached #12 in Canada[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5298&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=98q6tcgku7546lsrfi3gr83pp7 The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" Canadian Chart Position] Retrieved March 11, 2015 and #50 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 in 1972.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Sour+Suite+by+The+Guess+Who&id=43108 The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" United States Chart Position] Retrieved March 11, 2015 The song was featured on their 1971 album, 'So Long, Bannatyne'.[http://www.discogs.com/Guess-Who-So-Long-Bannatyne/release/2110888 The Guess Who, 'So Long, Bannatyne'] Retrieved March 11, 2015 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.Peter Howell. "Second Cummings: Guess Who's Back on the Charts for the First Time in Years?" Edmonton (Alberta) Journal, May 8, 1996, p. B 6.
The song was produced by Jack Richardson.[http://www.45cat.com/record/740578ca The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" Canadian single release] Retrieved March 11, 2015
The single's B-side, "Life in the Bloodstream", also charted reaching #39 in Canada.[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7509&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=98q6tcgku7546lsrfi3gr83pp7 The Guess Who, "Life in the Bloodstream" Canadian Chart Position] Retrieved March 11, 2015
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Category:1971 songs
Category:1971 singles
Category:Songs written by Burton Cummings
Category:The Guess Who songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Jack Richardson (record producer)
Category:RCA Victor singles
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