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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)
Ben Folds Five track listing
"Sports & Wine"
(7)
"Uncle Walter"
(8)
"Best Imitation of Myself"
(9)

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

Uncle Walter is that relative who has soured with age. Opinionated when he was younger; vitriolic as he got older; now swathed in an air of righteousness and contempt without self-awareness or regard to repercussion, drowned in beer. The song of "Uncle Walter" recounts an afternoon or evening where a young man is left by his girlfriend or wife for an extended period of time to listen to the unrestrained rants of the eponymous relative on life and the ways of the world. The point of view of the song is from the young man dressing down his significant other after her return.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.


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