Loaded (Deacon Blue song)

"Loaded"
Cover of 7" single
Single by Deacon Blue
from the album Raintown
B-side	"Long Distance from Just Across the Road" "Which Side Are You On" "Kings of the Western World"
Released	June 1987
Format	7", 12", Cassette
Genre	Pop
Length	5:30 (7")
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Jon Kelly
Deacon Blue singles chronology
"Dignity" (1987) "Loaded" (1987) "When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)" (1987)

Loaded is a single released by the Scottish group Deacon Blue in 1987.

The main B-side, "Long Distance from Just Across the Road", appears on all versions of the single, which was released on Cassette and on 7" and 12" vinyl. Ricky Ross has described this stark, echoing song as "[a]n attempt to re-write 'Shore Leave' by Tom Waits."^[1] The other songs, "Which Side Are You On" and "Kings of the Western World", appear on the Cassette and 12" versions of the single.

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:

	7" single (deac 2) "Loaded" (Prime, Ross, Kelling) - 4:30 "Long Distance from Just Across the Road" - 2:53
	Cassette single (deac c2) "Loaded" (Prime, Ross, Kelling) - 4:30 "Long Distance from Just Across the Road" - 2:53 "Which Side Are You On" (F. Reece) - 2:59 "Kings of the Western World" - 2:39
	12" single (deac t2) "Loaded (Full Length Version)" (Prime, Ross, Kelling) "Long Distance from Just Across the Road" - 2:53 "Which Side Are You On" (F. Reece) - 2:59 "Kings of the Western World" - 2:39

References

1. Yeah! (Deacon Blue Newsletter), Issue 2, 1988

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics