Mr. Writer

"Mr. Writer" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics, taken from their third album Just Enough Education to Perform. It was released on 19 March 2001. It reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, number seven in Ireland, and number 53 in Sweden, where it was their first and only single to chart.

"Mr. Writer"
Single by Stereophonics
from the album Just Enough Education to Perform
B-side"Maritim Belle Vue in Kiel"
Released19 March 2001 (2001-03-19)[1]
Recorded2001
Genre
Length
  • 5:19 (album version)
  • 4:26 (edit)
LabelV2
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Marshall Bird
  • Steve Bush
Stereophonics singles chronology
"Mama Told Me Not to Come"
(2000)		 "Mr. Writer"
(2001)		 "Have a Nice Day"
(2001)
Music video
"Mr. Writer" on YouTube

Background

The song is track 3 on the album. A live version from Millennium Stadium Cardiff is on the "Vegas Two Times" single. It was written in response to a journalist who had toured with the band and had later given them negative reviews. The song has been attributed as one of the factors that has caused the group's uneasy relationship with the media. In a 2008 interview with The Guardian, lead singer Kelly Jones admitted that "...every journalist thought ["Mr. Writer"] was about them. It took me 10 minutes to write and 10 years to explain."[2] A live acoustic version is track 1 on CD2 on the "Mr. Writer" singles, along with live acoustic versions of "Hurry Up and Wait" and "Don't Let Me Down".

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by David Slade[3] and features clips of the band performing in a snowy globe and some other clips of the band dressed as clowns driving in a car which soon catches fire and is brutally destroyed. Then the band run off into the dusk at the end of the video.

Track listings

UK CD1[4]

  1. "Mr. Writer" (edit)
  2. "Maritim Belle Vue in Kiel"
  3. "An Audience with Mr. Nice"

UK CD2[5]

  1. "Mr. Writer" (live acoustic version)
  2. "Hurry Up and Wait" (live acoustic version)
  3. "Don't Let Me Down" (live acoustic version)

Charts

References
  1. Sexton, Paul (24 March 2001). "U.K.'s Stereophonics, V2 Aim for Elusive Stateside Breakthrough" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 113 no. 12. p. 17. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. Barnett, Laura (28 October 2008). "Portrait of the artist: Kelly Jones, musician". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. MVDBase Music video Database - searching for Stereophonics videography.
  4. Mr. Writer (UK CD1 liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 2001. VVR5015933.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Mr. Writer (UK CD2 liner notes). Stereophonics. J.E.E.P. Acoustic Tour. 2001. VVR5015938.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 18 no. 15. 7 April 2001. p. 19. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Mr Writer". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Stereophonics – Mr. Writer" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  9. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. "Swedishcharts.com – Stereophonics – Mr. Writer". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  11. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  12. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  13. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2001" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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