Keep It to Yourself (Reuben song)

"Keep it to Yourself" is the ninth single by Surrey-based rock band Reuben, and the third single taken from their second album, Very Fast Very Dangerous. It was released in September 2005, one week ahead of the album. The single was available on three formats: CD, 7" vinyl and a limited edition yellow vinyl version, each released with different b-sides. Like previous single 'A Kick In The Mouth', it received good reviews in the press but little airplay on Radio and TV. Although the single sold more copies than its predecessor in its first week, it climbed to only #62 in the UK charts. However, on 3 September 2006 it climbed to #35 in BBC Radio 1's Top 40 Rock Singles chart.

Track listings

CD

1. "Keep it to Yourself"
2. "Karen"

Vinyl

1. "Keep it to Yourself"
2. "Victim"

7" Vinyl

1. "Keep It To Yourself"
2. "Approaching By Stealth"

Personnel

• Jamie Lenman - Guitars, vocals, piano
• Jon Pearce - Bass, vocals
• Guy Davis - Drums

Reviews

• Drowned in Sound: 7/10

Trivia

(From the band's site)

• The title track can be described as the band's most openly grunge track, evoking elements of both Nirvana and tour mates Mclusky. This is the oldest song on the second album. The song was originally called 'Truck' and when originally played by the band live, drummer Guy Davis sang the backing vocals for the chorus, which were initially "Take it by myself, ain't nobody else...", but Jon took over when Guy decided it was too much hassle. It was also the first song to be recorded for the album, primarily because the band cited it as "easy to play".
• Karen is a of a song by Farnborough band Vex Red, it was unintentionally misspelled, as the original is spelled 'Karin'. It was recorded with Ryan Maunder at Raezor studios. Reuben shared the stage with Vex Red many times during their early says under the name Angel.
• Approaching By Stealth is an old song that had been demoed for possible inclusion on both of the band's albums.
• Victim is another old song that featured on the band's final demo under the name Angel, 'Betrayed'.
• In the first office scene in the video, Guy's floor tom isn't there. When the video returns to the office, it magically appears.
• The chip shop featured in the promotional video also appears in the video for Freddy Kreuger.
• The video features many of the band's friends and family, including director Daniel Fernbach's sister, mum and dad, (who played the dad in the Freddy Kreuger video), the band's roadie Chris (who doubled as one of the band in the Let's Stop Hanging Out video), a selection of waitresses and customers from the chip shop, and Ryan Maunder.
• Four ice cream tubs full of spaghetti were cooked for the meals of the 'customers' in the restaurant scene in the video, but only one box full was used.