"Sofa Song" is a song by British

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and is featured on their debut

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Inside In/Inside Out ''Inside In / Inside Out'' is the debut studio album by British indie rock band The Kooks. It was released on 23 January 2006 on Virgin Records. It contains the singles, " Eddie's Gun", "Sofa Song", " You Don't Love Me", "Naïve", " She Moves ...

'' (2006). It was released on 17 October 2005 as the second

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from that album, charting at number 28 in the

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Songwriting

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) is one of his heroes and that "Sofa Song" was an attempt to write a song like Morrissey and

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used to write during the Smiths' lifetime; a playful melody with a dark underbelly and lyrics.

Track listings

* CD (VSCDT1904) # "Sofa Song" – 2:15 # "Be Mine" – 2:35 * 7-inch (VS1904) # "Sofa Song" – 2:15 # "Be Mine" - 2:35 # "Something to Say" – 2:41 * DVD (VSDVD1904) # "Sofa Song" (video) – 2:21 # "Eddie's Gun" (video) – 2:14 # "Put Your Back to My Face"

Charts

References

{{Authority control The Kooks songs 2005 singles 2005 songs Song recordings produced by Tony Hoffer Virgin Records singles