Me and the Farmer
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| "Me and the Farmer" | ||||
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| Single by The Housemartins | ||||
| from the album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death | ||||
| Released | 24 August 1987[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Go! Discs | |||
| Songwriters | Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore. | |||
| The Housemartins singles chronology | ||||
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"Me and the Farmer" is a single by British Indie rock band The Housemartins from the album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death. It reached #15 in the UK singles chart the week of 12 September 1987.[2] The song had been written some 18 months previously, on 22 January 1986 (the same day as Happy Hour).[3]
The B-Side "Step Outside" later appeared on the 1988 compilation LP Now That's What I Call Quite Good.
The song is about how gentleman farmers treat their workers badly.
- "Me and the Farmer"
- "I Bit My Lip"
