Uncle Walter (song)

"Uncle Walter"
Single by Ben Folds Five
from the album Ben Folds Five
Released August 8, 1995 (album)
1996 (single)
Recorded Wave Castle, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 1995
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:49
Label Passenger/Caroline
Intercord (EU single)
Virgin (Australia single)
Songwriter(s) Benjamin Scott Folds
Producer(s) Caleb Southern
Ben Folds Five singles chronology
"Philosophy"
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"Uncle Walter"
(1995)
"Battle of Who Could Care Less"
(1997)

"Philosophy"
(EU; 1996)
"Uncle Walter"
(1996)
"Battle of Who Could Care Less"
(1997)

"Uncle Walter" is a song from Ben Folds Five's 1995 self-titled debut album.[1] It was written by Ben Folds.[2] The song is about a young man left alone with the opinionated, possibly crazy, relative of his significant other.

History

Folds, Sledge, and Jessee were known to have fun during interviews and often give false, misleading or intentionally humorous answers to questions. True or not, Folds has said that Uncle Walter

Charles Leahy, first cousin of songwriter (and Folds' former wife) Anna Goodman, corroborates this in a June 2006 interview:

Additional versions

This song appears on the Ben Folds Five Live album which was released on June 4, 2013. It was recorded at the Kool Haus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 10/5/12.[5]

Singles

U.S. promotional CD single

Released in 1996 to radio programmers in the United States to promote the song and the album Ben Folds Five. Features the album cut of the song.[6]

  1. Uncle Walter – 3:49

European commercial CD single

Released in 1996 in Europe by Intercord Records for Passenger/Caroline. Features the album cut of the song. The other tracks were recorded live on August 12, 1995, at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by John Alagia and Doug Derryberry. The tracks were mixed at Rutabaga Studios in May 1996. "Tom & Mary" also appears on the Japanese release of Ben Folds Five.[7]

  1. Uncle Walter – 3:49
  2. Tom & Mary (Live) – 2:51
  3. Emaline (Live) – 3:40

Australian commercial CD single

Released on 21 October 1996 in Australia by Virgin Records for Passenger/Caroline. Features the album cut of the song. The other tracks were recorded live on August 12, 1995, at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by John Alagia and Doug Derryberry. The tracks were mixed at Rutabaga Studios in May 1996. "Tom & Mary" also appears on the Japanese release of Ben Folds Five.[8]

  1. Uncle Walter – 3:49
  2. Tom & Mary (Live) – 2:51
  3. Emaline (Live) – 3:40

Compilations and soundtracks

The song appears on the 1996 Caroline Records compilation album How Low Can A Punk Get.

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Amazon: Ben Folds Five
  2. BMI Repertoire Listing
  3. Galgano, Rob (1996). "Ben Folds Five: Dropping Pianos and Swatting Flies". You Could Do Worse Magazine; reprinted online at SmartAss.org. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  4. A Who's Who in Ben Folds Five Songs
  5. "Ben Folds Five First Official Live Album To Be Released June 4". Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  6. Promotional Singles - The Unauthorized Discography of Ben Folds Five
  7. Singles - The Unauthorized Discography of Ben Folds Five
  8. Singles - The Unauthorized Discography of Ben Folds Five
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