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Take It Easy Chicken
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Wikipedia article
"'Take It Easy Chicken'" (sometimes written "Take It Easy, Chicken") is a song by Chester rock band Mansun first released in 1995. It was the first song that the group ever recorded, and was later re-recorded and released as the lead track of the 'Two EP', the group's fourth release overall. An instrumental version appears in the PAL version of 'Gran Turismo 2'.
Overview
The dbut single was only pressed to one thousand 7" vinyl copies in 1995, on the band's own garden shed label "Sci-Fi Hi-Fi Records".'Kleptomania' (2004) CD liner notes The spelling of the group's name was 'MANSON'.
'Two EP' was released on CD, Cassette and 7" Vinyl. 'Two EP' peaked at #32 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1996.
In Japan three tracks from 'Two EP' were compiled with the majority of the group's later release 'Three EP' under the title 'Special Mini Album (Japan Only EP)'.
It was not included on the standard editions of the dbut album 'Attack of the Grey Lantern', US editions released by Epic records substituted the single "Stripper Vicar" for "Take It Easy Chicken". A music video for the song was directed by Walter Stern.
Paul Draper explained in the liner notes to 'Kleptomania' that the song was recorded in a day along with four other songs in a self-financed session in "the cheapest studio we could find in the back of the 'Melody Maker'". The track was pressed up to vinyl and sent out to radio stations. John Peel and Steve Lamacq played the song on BBC Radio 1 to Draper's surprise: "I couldn't believe it when I first heard them play the song, we'd never played a gig, could hardly play live and had no record deal". "Take It Easy Chicken" was the group's traditional closing song during live performances and was regularly extended, a nine-minute version recorded at Barrowlands, Glasgow was included as a b-side to "Negative" in 1998. A live version of "Drastic Sturgeon" included as a b-side to "She Makes My Nose Bleed" in 1997. An acoustic version of "Moronica" was featured on the "Wide Open Space" single in 1996.
Track listing
Personnel
;Mansun
* Chad Lead Guitar
* Paul Draper Vocals, Guitar
* Hib Drums
* Stove Bass
;Production
* Mike Hunter Engineering ("Take It Easy Chicken", "Drastic Sturgeon", "Moronica")
* Ronnie Stone Engineering ("Take It Easy Chicken", "Drastic Sturgeon", "Moronica")
* Clive Martin Mixing ("Drastic Sturgeon", "The Greatest Pain", "Moronica"), Engineering ("The Greatest Pain")
* Mark 'Spike' Stent Mixing ("Take It Easy Chicken" Re-recorded version)
Chart positions
References
Category:1996 singles
Category:Mansun songs
Category:Songs written by Paul Draper (musician)
Category:1996 songs
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