"P.F. Sloan" | ||||
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Single by Rumer | ||||
from the album Boys Don't Cry | ||||
Released | 4 May 2012 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
Genre | Pop, easy listening, soul | |||
Length | 4:10 | |||
Label | Atlantic records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Webb | |||
Rumer singles chronology | ||||
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"P.F. Sloan" is a song written by singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb about his contemporary: P. F. Sloan.
Cover versions of the song were recorded by the Association in 1971, Jennifer Warnes, and by British band Unicorn in the early 1970s – released as a single and album track on Transatlantic Records. Jackson Browne performed the song with Webb on Webb's 2010 album Just Across the River. British female singer-songwriter Rumer has also recorded the song. It was released as the lead single from her second studio album Boys Don't Cry on May 4, 2012.
A music video to accompany the release of Rumer's version, was first released onto YouTube on May 22, 2012 at a total length of four minutes and seventeen seconds.