Letter to Memphis

"Letter to Memphis"
Single by Pixies
from the album Trompe le Monde
Released 1991 (1991)
Format 7", 12", cassette, Compact Disc [1]
Recorded 1991
Master Control, Burbank;
Pacifique, Burbank;
Studio des dames, Paris;
Blackwing Studios, London.
Genre Alternative rock
Length 2:39
Label Elektra/4AD
Writer(s) Black Francis
Producer(s) Gil Norton
Pixies singles chronology
"Alec Eiffel"
(1991)
"Letter to Memphis"
(1991)
"Head On"
(1991)

Letter to Memphis is a single by the alternative rock band Pixies on the album Trompe le Monde. The song has been described as a melancholy love song about a letter lead singer Black Francis failed to write. "Letter to Memphis" has been commended for being a song that "sticks in your mind", specifically the lyric "Trying to get to you." [2] The song is supposed to be Francis' take on Chuck Berry's song "Memphis, Tennessee." [3] An instrumental version was included as a B-side to "Alec Eiffel" and later became the closing track of their compilation Complete 'B' Sides.[4] [3]

Charts

Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position
1991 "Letter to Memphis" Modern Rock Tracks 6

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