Frederick (song)

"Frederick"
Single by Patti Smith Group
from the album Wave
B-side "Frederick" (Live)
Released 1979 (1979)
Format Vinyl (7")
Recorded Bearsville Studios
Genre Rock
Length 3:01
Label Arista
Writer(s) Patti Smith
Producer Todd Rundgren
Patti Smith singles chronology
"Privilege
(Set Me Free)"
(1978)		 "Frederick"
(1979)		 "Dancing Barefoot"
(1979)
"Frederick"
Single by Sandie Shaw
B-side "Go Johnny Go"
Released 1986 (1986)
Genre Pop
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Patti Smith
Producer Clive Langer,
Alan Winstanley
Sandie Shaw singles chronology
"Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken"
(1986)		 "Frederick"
(1986)		 "Please Help the Cause Against Loneliness"
(1988)

"Frederick" is a rock song written by Patti Smith, and released as lead single from Patti Smith Group 1979 album Wave. The song is dedicated to Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarplayer of the Detroit band MC5 and Smith's future husband. The intro music strongly reminds of Bruce Springsteen's Prove It All Night intro as played during the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour (1978).

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Covers

The song was covered by Sandie Shaw in 1986. The B-side was entitled "Go Johnny Go", and had been written by Shaw as a tribute to Johnny Marr.

Charts

Patti Smith Group

Chart (1979)[1][2] Position
Billboard Hot 100 90
UK Singles Chart 63

Notes

  1. ^ "Billboard chart". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p199156. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  2. ^ "UK chart". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=8303. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 

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