I Am a Rock / New Jersey

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Main articles: I Am a Rock and New Jersey (song)
“I Am a Rock / New Jersey”
Single by Red House Painters
from the album Red House Painters II
Released October 1993
Format CD
Recorded 1992
Genre Folk rock
Length I Am a Rock - 4:44 (edit)
5:32 (album version)
New Jersey - 4:24 (album version)
Label 4AD
Writer(s) Paul Simon
Mark Kozelek
Producer Mark Kozelek
Red House Painters singles chronology
Mistress
(1993)
I Am a Rock / New Jersey
(1993)
Summer Dress
(1995)

I Am A Rock and New Jersey are two songs on Red House Painters' third full-length album Red House Painters. The songs were never released as a full single, only as a promotional CD single in 1993. "I Am A Rock" is a cover of a Simon and Garfunkel song (see: I Am a Rock). "New Jersey" is an original RHP song. It first appeared on their album Red House Painters I as an acoustic track. On the Red House Painters II album, it's a sprawling, electric-guitar-driven song.

[edit] Track listing

US CD:

  1. "I Am a Rock" (Edit) - 4:44

UK CD:

  1. "I Am a Rock" (Edit) - 4:44
  2. "New Jersey" (Electric Version) - 4:24