Greetings to the New Brunette

"Greetings to the New Brunette" is a song by Billy Bragg from the 1986 album Talking with the Taxman About Poetry.^[1] It was the second single from the album, following "Levi Stubbs' Tears", and reached No. 58 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1986.^[2]

The song features Johnny Marr on electric guitar,^[3] and vocals by Kirsty MacColl.^[4] The song was selected by actor David Tennant as one of his Desert Island Discs.

References

↑ Kilman, Larry (22 March 1987). "Bragg doesn't hide his message". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
↑ "Official Charts Company - Greetings to the New Brunette". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
↑ Packer, Nigel (29 August 1999). "CD Review: Billy Bragg". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
↑ "Bragg Reissued, Boxed By Yep Roc". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 7 July 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

External links

Billy Bragg
Studio albums	Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy Brewing Up with Billy Bragg Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Workers Playtime The Internationale Don't Try This at Home William Bloke Mermaid Avenue (with Wilco) Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (with Wilco) England, Half-English Mr Love & Justice Mermaid Avenue Vol. III (with Wilco) Tooth & Nail Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad (with Joe Henry) Bridges Not Walls
Compilations, and boxsets	Back to Basics The Peel Sessions Album Victim of Geography Life's a Riot Between the Wars Bloke on Bloke Reaching to the Converted Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg Volume 1 Volume 2 Fight Songs Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (with Wilco)
Singles and EPs	"Between the Wars EP" "Days Like These" "Levi Stubbs' Tears" "Greetings to the New Brunette" "She's Leaving Home" "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" "She's Got a New Spell" "Won't Talk About It" "Sexuality" "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" "Accident Waiting to Happen EP" "Upfield" "The Boy Done Good" / "Sugardaddy" "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" (with Wilco) "She Came Along to Me EP" (with Wilco) "England Half English" / "St Monday" (with The Blokes) "Take Down the Union Jack" (with The Blokes) "We Laughed" (Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg) "I Keep Faith" "The Beach Is Free" / "I Almost Killed You" "Never Buy The Sun"
Live albums	"Help Save the Youth of America" "No Pop, No Style, Strictly Roots" "Mermaid Avenue Tour" "Going to a Party Way Down South" "Live at the Barbican"
Related articles	Wilco Man in the Sand Discography Red Wedge "A New England"
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