Levi Stubbs' Tears

"Levi Stubbs' Tears"
Single by Billy Bragg
from the album Talking with the Taxman about Poetry
Released	1986 (1986)
Genre	Rock
Writer(s)	Billy Bragg

"Levi Stubbs' Tears" is a song by Billy Bragg.^[1] It was the first single released from Bragg's 1986 album Talking with the Taxman about Poetry. The song's title refers to The Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs, whose music remains a source of comfort to the protagonist through years of abandonment, injury, and domestic violence.^[2]

A guitar riff from the song was sampled by Norman Cook and featured in his 1989 song "Won't Talk About It", also featuring Billy Bragg on "falsetto soul" vocals. When Cook formed Beats International they released their own hit version of the song in 1990.

In 2014, NME ranked it at number 207 in their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.^[3]

References

↑ "1000 songs everyone must hear". The Guardian. 16 March 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
↑ Kot, Greg (October 21, 2008). "Four Tops' raw, boundless Levi Stubbs". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
↑ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_songs_2014.htm

Billy Bragg

Studio albums	Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy Brewing Up with Billy Bragg Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Workers Playtime The Internationale Don't Try This at Home William Bloke Mermaid Avenue (with Wilco) Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (with Wilco) England, Half-English Mr Love & Justice Mermaid Avenue Vol. III (with Wilco) Tooth & Nail

Compilations, and boxsets	Back to Basics The Peel Sessions Album Victim of Geography Life's a Riot Between the Wars Bloke on Bloke Reaching to the Converted Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg Volume 1 Volume 2 Fight Songs Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (with Wilco)

Singles and EPs	"Between the Wars EP" "Days Like These" "Levi Stubbs' Tears" "Greetings to the New Brunette" "She's Leaving Home" "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" "She's Got a New Spell" "Won't Talk About It" "Sexuality" "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" "Accident Waiting to Happen EP" "Upfield" "The Boy Done Good" / "Sugardaddy" "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" (with Wilco) "She Came Along to Me EP" (with Wilco) "England Half English" / "St Monday" (with The Blokes) "Take Down the Union Jack" (with The Blokes) "We Laughed" (Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg) "I Keep Faith" "The Beach Is Free" / "I Almost Killed You" "Never Buy The Sun"

Live albums	"Help Save the Youth of America" "No Pop, No Style, Strictly Roots" "Mermaid Avenue Tour" "Going to a Party Way Down South" "Live at the Barbican"

Related articles	Wilco Man in the Sand Discography Red Wedge "A New England"

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