Closing Time is the third single from the album Fellow Hoodlums

Fellow Hoodlums

Fellow Hoodlums is the third studio album by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue.-Track listing:All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:# "James Joyce Soles" – 3:50# "Fellow Hoodlums" – 3:20# "Your Swaying Arms" – 4:10# "Cover from the Sky" – 3:34...

by the Scottish rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Deacon Blue

Deacon Blue

Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow during 1985. Their name was taken from the title of the Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues". The band consists of vocalist Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond....

. It peaked at #42 in the UK Singles Chart

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Two of the three B-sides, "I Was Like That" and "Friends of Billy Bear", continue the style of "Fourteen Years" and "Faifley" on the "Your Swaying Arms

Your Swaying Arms

"Your Swaying Arms" was the first single from the album Fellow Hoodlums by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue.Released in May 1991, it reached #23 on the UK singles chart, but went as high as #6 in Ireland, the last in the group's run of seven Irish top 10 hits between 1988 and 1991.The releases...

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Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

-influenced music and low, gruff, and rambling spoken and sung vocals from Ricky Ross

Ricky Ross (musician)

Ricky Ross, born Richard Alexander Ross is a Scottish singer-songwriter and broadcaster, most famously for his work with the rock band, Deacon Blue.-Biography:...

. The third B-side, "Into the Good Night", is a more traditional Deacon Blue ballad.

7" Single (657502 7)

1. "Closing Time [7" Version]" – 4:19
2. "I Was Like That" (Ross, James Prime
   James Prime
   James "Optimus" Prime is best known as the keyboard player for Deacon Blue. He also lectures at the University of the West of Scotland. Known as a Hammond/piano player, his talents have been sought after by John Martyn, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Cunningham, Eddi Reader and Little Richard...
   
   ) – 4:30

12" Single (657502 6)

1. "Closing Time (Extended Version)" – 6:25
2. "Friends of Billy Bear" – 2:32
3. "I Was Like That" (Ross, Prime) – 4:30
4. "Into the Good Night" – 3:40

Cassette Single (657502 4)

1. "Closing Time [7" Version]" – 4:19
2. "I Was Like That" (Ross, Prime) – 4:30

CD Single (657502 2)

1. "Closing Time [7" Version]" – 4:19
2. "I Was Like That" (Ross, Prime) – 4:30
3. "Into the Good Night" – 3:40