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band

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. It was released as the fourth single from their second album, ''

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'', on 17 July 2006. The single version of the song is a new version that was recorded in

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during their 2006 tour with

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. Promotion for the single included two videos: one for "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" and one for

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"Wine in the Afternoon" (recorded at Trama Studios,

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, Brazil), making the B-side a video-clip-only single. It reached number 30 on the

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first played the new version of the song on his

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show, ''Lamacq Live'' in the last week of May 2006. Shortly thereafter, an interview appeared with the band in ''Nylon Magazine'' where they confirmed the recording of a new version of the song for release as a single. The 'Eleanor' in the title is thought to refer to

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, lead singer of indie rock band

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who supported Franz Ferdinand during their 2004 tour. Friedberger used to have a relationship with Franz Ferdinand lead singer

Alex Kapranos Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley (born 20 March 1972) is a Scottish musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and author. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand. He has also been a part of the ...

Track listings

All tracks were written by

and

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except where noted. 7-inch (RUG234) # "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" – 3:12 #* New recording # "Wine in the Afternoon" (Kapranos) – 4:23 7-inch (RUG234X) # "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" – 3:12 #* New recording # "Ghost in a Ditch" (McCarthy) – 3:45 #* Vocals performed by McCarthy CD (RUG234CD) # "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" – 3:12 #* New recording # "Ghost in a Ditch" (McCarthy) – 3:45 #* Vocals performed by McCarthy # "Fade Together" (Avalanches Remix) – 3:50 Digital download (DOMDIG011) # "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" – 3:12 #* New recording # "Ghost in a Ditch" (McCarthy) – 3:45 #* Vocals performed by McCarthy # "Fade Together" (Avalanches Remix) – 3:50 # "Wine in the Afternoon" (Kapranos) – 4:23

References

External links

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{{Authority control Franz Ferdinand (band) songs 2006 singles Songs written by Alex Kapranos Songs written by Nick McCarthy Song recordings produced by Rich Costey Songs written by Bob Hardy (bassist) Songs written by Paul Thomson