Los Angeles (Frank Black song)

"Los Angeles"
Single by Frank Black
from the album Frank Black
A-side Los Angeles
B-side I heard Ramona Sing
Released March 9, 1993
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:08
Label 4AD/Elektra
Writer(s) Frank Black
Producer Eric Drew Feldman, Black Francis
Frank Black singles chronology
Los Angeles Hang on to Your Ego

"Los Angeles" is a single written and performed by Black Francis, it was the first track on his solo debut album Frank Black, released in 1992.[1] It served as the main theme song for the short lived but cult phenomenon VH1 talk show Late World with Zach. It was also featured in the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. Also, a music video was made for this song featuring Black himself.

Composition

The song starts off with an acoustic guitar introduction. An electric guitar riff is heard after that. With an interlude back into acoustic guitar music, it ends with helicopter noises.

References

  1. ^ Phares, Heather (1993-03-09). "Frank Black - Frank Black". AllMusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r77989/review. Retrieved 2010-10-14. 
Black Francis (Frank Black)
As Frank Black
Studio albums
Frank Black (1993) · Teenager of the Year (1994) · The Cult of Ray (1996) · Frank Black Francis (2004) · Honeycomb (2005) · Fast Man Raider Man (2006) · Christmass (2006)
Compilations
Oddballs (2000) · Frank Black 93–03 (2007)
Singles
Los Angeles (1993) · Hang On to Your Ego (1993) · Frank Black (1993) · Headache (1994) · Men in Black (1995) · The Marsist (1995) · I Don't Want to Hurt You (1996)
As Black Francis
Studio albums
Bluefinger (2007) · Svn Fngrs (2008) · The Golem (2010) · NonStopErotik (2010)
Singles
Threshold Apprehension (2007)
Pixies
Studio albums
Surfer Rosa (1988) · Doolittle (1989) · Bossanova (1990) · Trompe le Monde (1991)
Extended plays
Come On Pilgrim (1987) · Pixies (2002)
Other albums
Singles
Gigantic (1988) · Monkey Gone to Heaven (1989) · Here Comes Your Man (1989) · Velouria (1990) · Dig for Fire (1990) · Planet of Sound (1991) · Alec Eiffel (1992) · Head On (1992) · Debaser (1997) · Bam Thwok (2004)
Frank Black and
the Catholics
Studio albums
Compilations
One More Road for the Hit (2006) · Snake Oil (2006)
Singles
All My Ghosts (1998) · I Gotta Move (1999) · Robert Onion (2000) · St. Francis Dam Disaster (2001) · Everything Is New (2003) · Nadine (2003)
Members
Scott Boutier · Rich Gilbert · David McCaffery · Dave Philips · Lyle Workman
Grand Duchy
Petits Fours (2009) · Lovesick (2009)
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