Hayfever (song)

"Hayfever" was recorded at Shabby Road Studios in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and mixed at Orinoco Studios in London.{{cite AV media notes|title=Hayfever|others=The Trash Can Sinatras|year=1993|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Go! Discs|id=GOD 98, 857 108-7}}

Upon its release as a single, Paul Mathar of Melody Maker commented, "Another daft name, and another pleasant surprise. Trash Can Sinatras seem to have undergone some sort of salvation, deciding they don't really care whether anyone likes them or not and with that carelessness has come the revelation that maybe they're rather good after all."{{cite magazine |last=Mathar |first=Paul |date=3 April 1993 |title=Singles |magazine=Melody Maker |page=30}} Johnny Dee of NME was less enthusiastic and described the song as an example of the "kind of music that American College Radio laps up as quality British indie rock and that, coincidentally, no one in Britain seems to like". He added, "MOR fear holds anyone back from truly loving the Trash Cans, they sound just a little too serious and keen on over-production."{{cite magazine |last=Dee |first=Johnny |date=8 May 1993 |title=Singles |magazine=New Musical Express |page=16}}

In a review of I've Seen Everything, Scott Bacon of The Indianapolis Star described "Hayfever" as "bouncy" and considered the song to have "hit written all over it". He also praised Nick Ingham's string arrangement which he felt "enhance[d]" the song.{{cite news|last=Bacon|first=Scott|date=28 May 1993|title=Record Reviews: Pharez Whitted's do-it-yourself debut disc worth collecting|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|page=D5}} Brad Webber of the Chicago Tribune commented, "On 'Hayfever', Reader wistfully sings about solving life's problems 'with a couple of tablets'."{{cite news|last=Webber|first=Brad|date=22 July 1993|title=Recordings|newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}

7-inch and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Hayfever|others=The Trash Can Sinatras|year=1993|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Go! Discs|id=GODMC 98}}

1. "Hayfever" – 3:15
2. "Say" – 2:51

12-inch and CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Hayfever|others=The Trash Can Sinatras|year=1993|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Go! Discs|id=GODX 98}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hayfever|others=The Trash Can Sinatras|year=1993|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Go! Discs|id=GODCD 98, 857 109-2}}

1. "Hayfever" – 3:15
2. "Say" – 2:51
3. "Kangaroo Court" – 3:02
4. "Skin Diving" – 3:47

Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes and the I've Seen Everything booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=I've Seen Everything|title-link=I've Seen Everything|others=The Trash Can Sinatras|year=1993|type=UK CD album liner notes|publisher=Go! Discs|id=828 408-2}}

The Trash Can Sinatras

• Frank Reader – vocals, guitar
• Paul Livingston – guitar
• John Douglas – guitar
• David Hughes – bass
• Stephen Douglas – drums

Additional personnel

• Larry Primrose – piano on "Hayfever"
• Nick Ingham – string arrangement on "Hayfever"

Production

• Ray Shulman – producer, engineer, mixing
• Larry Primrose – engineer, mixing

Other

• John Douglas – sleeve painting

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