Reverend Black Grape
| "Reverend Black Grape" | ||||
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| Single by Black Grape | ||||
| from the album It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah | ||||
| Released | 29 May 1995 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
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| Length | 5:13 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Shaun Ryder | |||
| Producer(s) | Danny Saber | |||
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"Reverend Black Grape" is a song which was released in May 1995 by the English rock band Black Grape. It was the first single to be taken from their debut studio album It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah and peaked at #9 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song was co-produced by Danny Saber and Stephen Lironi. It was written by Shaun Ryder and released by Radioactive Records. The sample "Would he agree that a stately minuet would be preferable to the rain dance" is taken from Sir Thomas Arnold asking a question of John Major in the House of Commons in 1994.