Refugees (The Tears song)
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| "Refugees" | ||||
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| Single by The Tears | ||||
| from the album Here Come the Tears | ||||
| Released | 25 April 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Britpop | |||
| Length | 2:53 | |||
| Label | Independiente Records | |||
| Songwriters | Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler | |||
| Producer | Bernard Butler | |||
| The Tears singles chronology | ||||
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"Refugees" is the debut single by the Tears, released on 25 April 2005 on Independiente Records. It charted at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]
The top-ten charting was relatively good considering the lack of commercial success achieved by the singles of the previous Suede album. The title track's lyrical content is said by Brett Anderson to have political meaning, regarding his disgust towards the treatment of refugees. He said: "There’s a lot of scaremongering right-wing politicians that will tell you that your country is being destabilised by refugees, just to win a few votes. It’s a load of old bollocks. Immigration is essential to living in a healthy, diverse, multicultural 21st century society."[2] The second single from the debut album, "Lovers," was originally slated to be a b-side to the Refugees single. This was changed after the record label decided it was worthy of being on the album. Anderson claimed that b-side "Southern Rain" deserved to be on the album.
