Slight Return

"Slight Return"
Single by the Bluetones
from the album Expecting to Fly
B-side	"Don't Stand Me Down" "Nae Hair On't"
Released	22 January 1996 (1996-01-22)
Recorded	Mid-1995
Studio	Ridge Farm (Surrey, England)
Genre	Britpop[1][3] jangle pop[1]
Length	3:21
Label	Superior Quality
Songwriter(s)	Mark Morriss Eds Chesters Adam Devlin Scott Morriss
Producer(s)	Hugh Jones
The Bluetones singles chronology
"Bluetonic" (1995) "Slight Return" (1996) "Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock" (1996)

"Slight Return" is a song by English indie rock band the Bluetones, released as their first single in February 1995, in blue vinyl, limited to 2000 copies.^{[citation needed]} The song is named after the subtitle for "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by Jimi Hendrix. It was then re-released on 22 January 1996, as the second single from their 1996 debut album, Expecting to Fly. It was originally issued with "The Fountainhead" as the B-side. "Slight Return" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and is the band's highest-placing single. Bluetones frontman Mark Morriss said that the title of the song was initially a nickname, but as he was not good with naming songs, it eventually became the official title.^[4]

UK limited-edition blue vinyl 7-inch single (1995)^[5]

A. "Slight Return"

B. "The Fountainhead"

UK 7-inch and cassette single; European CD single (1996)^[6][7][8]

1. "Slight Return"
2. "Don't Stand Me Down"

UK, Australian, and Japanese CD single (1996)^[9][10][11]

1. "Slight Return"
2. "Don't Stand Me Down"
3. "Nae Hair On't"

US CD single (1996)^[12]

1. "Slight Return"
2. "Don't Stand Me Down"
3. "Nae Hair On't"
4. "Are You Blue or Are You Blind?"

Credits are taken from the Expecting to Fly album booklet.^[13]

Studio

• Recorded in mid-1995 at Ridge Farm Studios (Surrey, England)

Personnel