Tart Tart
| "Tart Tart" | ||||
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| Single by Happy Mondays | ||||
| from the album Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) | ||||
| B-side | "Little Matchstick Owen's Rap" | |||
| Released | March 1987 | |||
| Studio | Fire House (London) | |||
| Genre | Madchester | |||
| Length | 4:18 | |||
| Label | Factory - FAC 176 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Happy Mondays | |||
| Producer(s) | John Cale | |||
| Happy Mondays singles chronology | ||||
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"Tart Tart" is a 1987 single by the English rock band Happy Mondays. It was the first single to be released from their debut studio album Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) in March 1987.
The B-side, "Little Matchstick Owen's Rap" was voiced by the audio engineer, Mike Bleach.[1]
Inspirations
According to a commentary accompanying the film 24 Hour Party People (2002), the first verse of "Tart Tart" is about Martin Hannett, who later produced the band's second studio album Bummed (1988). The second verse is explained in Bez's Freaky Dancin' (p. 198–200):
I had a special affinity for the tune because of the references to one of the very first people we had met in the early
brain tumouran was black and blue from throwing herself around, smashing her head on the walls an ultimately down the stair in a desperate attempt to stop the pain an agony. (...) Her sudden and lonely death was a shock for the band as we'd all come to look upon her as a special an unusual friend.
Track listing
12"
- "Tart Tart" – 4:18
- "Little Matchstick Owen's Rap" – 4:15
