Me and the Farmer

"Me and the Farmer"

Single by The Housemartins

from the album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death

Released

September 1987

Format

7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, cassette

Recorded

1987

The Housemartins singles chronology

"Five Get Over Excited"
(May 1987)

"Me and the Farmer"

"Build"
(Nov. 1987)

"Me and the Farmer" is a single by British Indie rock band The Housemartins from the album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death. It reached #15 in the UK singles chart the week of 12 September 1987.^[1]^[2] The song had been written some 18 months previously, on 22 January 1986 (the same day as Happy Hour). ^[3]

It featured Sandy Blair on the tuba.

The B-Side "Step Outside" later appeared in the 1988 compilation Now That's What I Call Quite Good.

7 inch single track listing

"Me and the Farmer"
"I Bit My Lip"

12 inch/cassette single track listing

"Me and the Farmer"
"He Will Find You Out"
"Step Outside"
"I Bit My Lip"

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Irish Singles Chart	4
UK Singles Chart	15

References

↑ http://thehousemartins.com/
↑ "Me and the Farmer", Chart Stats, retrieved 2010-02-11
↑ "Paul Heaton interview". The One Show. March 12, 2013. BBC One.

The Housemartins

Norman Cook Stan Cullimore Paul Heaton Dave Hemingway Ted Key Chris Lang Hugh Whitaker

Studio albums	London 0 Hull 4 (1986) The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death (1987)

Live albums	Live at the BBC (2006)

Compilation albums	Now That's What I Call Quite Good (1988) Soup (2007) Happy Hour: The Collection (2011)

Singles	"Flag Day" "Sheep" "Happy Hour" "Think for a Minute" "Caravan of Love" "Five Get Over Excited" "Me and the Farmer" "Build" "There Is Always Something There to Remind Me"

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