Greetings to the New Brunette

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| type = single

| artist = Billy Bragg

| album = Talking with the Taxman about Poetry

| released = {{Start date|1986}}

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| genre = Rock

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| label = Go! Discs

| writer = Billy Bragg

| producer = John Porter

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"Greetings to the New Brunette" is a song by Billy Bragg from the 1986 album Talking with the Taxman About Poetry.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19870322&id=UU9KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zJMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4390,7581439|title=Bragg doesn't hide his message|last=Kilman|first=Larry|date=22 March 1987|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=27 June 2014}} It was the second single from the album, following "Levi Stubbs' Tears", and reached No. 58 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/greetings%20to%20the%20new%20brunette/|title=Official Charts Company - Greetings to the New Brunette|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=5 June 2015}} The song features Johnny Marr on electric guitar,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/431834.stm|title=CD Review: Billy Bragg|last=Packer|first=Nigel|date=29 August 1999|work=BBC News|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=27 June 2014}} and vocals by Kirsty MacColl.{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/62166/bragg-reissued-boxed-by-yep-roc|title=Bragg Reissued, Boxed By Yep Roc|date=7 July 2005|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=27 June 2014}}

It was voted number 38 on the 1989 Triple J Hottest 100 poll of most popular songs by the listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J and number 59 on the 1990 Triple J Hottest 100 poll.{{cite web |title=Hottest 100 1989 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/search/?year=1989+(All-time) |work=Triple J |accessdate=September 7, 2024}}{{cite web |title=Hottest 100 1990 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/search/?year=1990+(All-time) |work=Triple J |accessdate=September 7, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729134526/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1990.htm |archive-date=July 29, 2012}} The song was selected by actor David Tennant as one of his Desert Island Discs in 2009.{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - David Tennant |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pdz1n |website=BBC Radio 4 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=13 February 2019}}