Address Unknown (song)

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"Address Unknown"
Single by The Ink Spots
B-side"You Bring Me Down"
Released1939
GenreVocal jazz
Length2:57
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Carmen Lombardo, Dedette Lee Hill, Johnny Mark
The Ink Spots singles chronology
"Brown Gal"
(1938) 		"Address Unknown"
(1939) 		"It's Funny To Everyone But Me"
(1939)

"Address Unknown" is a song by American vocal jazz group

Bless You For Being An Angel"[2] and "You Bring Me Down".[3] Later in 1939, a shellac was released with "You Bring Me Down" as the B-side after the charting success of "Address Unknown".[4][5]

"Address Unknown" experienced a resurgence in popularity after its 2015 inclusion in the series premiere of Better Call Saul, the spinoff prequel series to Breaking Bad.[6]

Composition

"Address Unknown" begins with a twangy

verse and the chorus.[7] The song details someone with an unknown street address, someone with "not even a trace" of their existence. The song then transitions into a spoken word part, the reader saying that he'd "give anything in the world" to see the face of the song's subject. The chorus repeats again, and the song fades out
.

Release

"Address Unknown" was initially released as a

B-side twice for both "Bless You For Being An Angel" and "You Bring Me Down".[2][3] Later, in 1939, a shellac as released with "You Bring Me Down" as the B-side after "Address Unknown"'s charting success.[4]

"Address Unknown" was released as the second track on the fifth side of Best Of The Ink Spots, a triple-LP compilation curated by Murray Hill Records in 1979.[8]

Usage in Better Call Saul

"Address Unknown" experienced a resurgence in popularity and public interest after its usage in the 2015 series premiere of American crime drama series and Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul.

The scene in question, the first scene in the series and shot entirely in

Ed Galbraith after the events of Breaking Bad's "Granite State". Gene is a struggling and paranoid Omaha, Nebraska Cinnabon manager, and, when he is alone at his house, reminisces about his old days as Saul Goodman, watching his now-old television commercials from VHS tapes. Throughout the entire scene, "Address Unknown" is playing.[9][10]

Series creators

Vulture contributor Mike Powell stated that "Address Unknown" "conjures simpler times than the ones we know we’re getting into."[12]

"Address Unknown" was soon rereleased with the subtitle "(From Better Call Saul)".[6]

Another Ink Spots song, "

4th season.[13]

Tracklisting

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Address Unknown"Carmen Lombardo, Dedette Lee Hill, Johnny Mark2:56
2."You Bring Me Down"Gene de Paul, Roy Jacobs3:17
Total length:6:13

Charts

Charts Peak position
US Pop Charts 1

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-89820-083-6
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  2. ^ a b Ink Spots - Bless You / Address Unknown, retrieved 2022-04-29
  3. ^ a b The Ink Spots - You Bring Me Down / Address Unknown, retrieved 2022-04-29
  4. ^ a b Ink Spots - Address Unknown / You Bring Me Down, retrieved 2022-04-29
  5. ^ "Ink Spots - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  6. ^ a b Ink Spots - Address Unknown (From "Better Call Saul") | Doc's Record and Vintage, archived from the original on 2022-10-20, retrieved 2022-05-02
  7. ^ "The Ink Spots - Address Unknown Lyrics | Lyrics.com". www.lyrics.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  8. ^ The Ink Spots - Best Of The Ink Spots, retrieved 2022-05-02
  9. ^ February 09, Kevin P. Sullivan Updated; EST, 2015 at 04:45 AM. "'Better Call Saul' premiere recap: 'Uno'". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Berman, Judy. "'Better Call Saul' Series Premiere Recap: "Uno"". Flavorwire. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  11. ^ Ehrlich, Brenna (2020-02-19). "'Better Call Saul' Creators Share Their Favorite Musical Moments of the Series". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  12. ^ Powell, Mike. "Better Call Saul Series Premiere Recap: A Busted Suzuki Esteem and Other Humble Beginnings". Vulture. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  13. ^ August 06, Kat Rosenfield; EDT, 2018 at 10:05 PM. "'Better Call Saul' premiere recap: Things get tense in Omaha". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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