Closing Time (Deacon Blue song)

"Closing Time"
Single by Deacon Blue
from the album Fellow Hoodlums
B-side	"I Was Like That" "Friends of Billy Bear" "Into the Good Night"
Released	July 1991
Format	7" 12" Cassette CD
Genre	Rock, blues
Length	4:19 (7") 6:25 (12")
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Ricky Ross
Producer(s)	Jon Kelly
Deacon Blue singles chronology
"Twist and Shout" (1991) "Closing Time" (1991) "Cover from the Sky" (1991)

Closing Time is the third single from the album Fellow Hoodlums by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. It peaked at No. 42 in the UK Singles Chart.

Two of the three B-sides, "I Was Like That" and "Friends of Billy Bear", continue the style of "Fourteen Years" and "Faifley" on the "Your Swaying Arms" single, utilizing raw, Blues-influenced music and low, gruff, and rambling spoken and sung vocals from Ricky Ross. The third B-side, "Into the Good Night", is a more traditional Deacon Blue ballad.

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:

7" single (657502 7)

1. "Closing Time [7" Version]" – 4:19
2. "I Was Like That" (Ross, James Prime) – 4:30

12" single (657502 6)

1. "Closing Time (Extended Version)" – 6:25
2. "Friends of Billy Bear" – 2:32
3. "I Was Like That" (Ross, Prime) – 4:30
4. "Into the Good Night" – 3:40

Cassette single (657502 4)

1. "Closing Time [7" Version]" – 4:19
2. "I Was Like That" (Ross, Prime) – 4:30

CD single (657502 2)

1. "Closing Time [7" Version]" – 4:19
2. "I Was Like That" (Ross, Prime) – 4:30
3. "Into the Good Night" – 3:40

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics