"I Was Right and You Were Wrong" is the first single from Scottish band

Deacon Blue Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow during 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond. The band released their debut albu ...

's first greatest hits album, ''

Our Town - The Greatest Hits Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulato ...

''. Produced by

Steve Osborne Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2, Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Do ...

, the song reached number 32 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

Release

The single's first B-side is "Mexico Rain", produced by Osborne and

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mas ...

. The other new B-side is a live cover of

Dusty Springfield Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known professionally as Dusty Springfield, was an English singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano sound, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, pop and dram ...

's "Goin' Back". Though labeled simply as " Wages Day", the fourth track on the CD single is an acoustic piano version of the song. As with the previous two single releases, a special edition CD single with three tracks from the '' Riches'' bonus album was issued, entitled "Riches Collection". In addition to "I Was Right and You Were Wrong", it contains three tracks from ''Riches''. This was the last "Riches Collection" release, leaving two tracks from ''Riches'', the cover of "Angeliou" and the

Bob Clearmountain Bob Clearmountain (born January 15, 1953) is an American recording engineer, mixer and record producer. He has worked with many major acts, including Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Toto (band), Toto, Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams, with whom he ...

remix of "

Dignity Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically. It is of significance in morality, ethics, law and politics as an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent, inalienable ...

", excluded from this collection.

Track listings

All songs were written by Ricky Ross, except where noted. 7-inch and cassette single (660222 7; 660222 4) # "I Was Right and You Were Wrong" – 4:54 # "Mexico Rain" – 4:04 CD single (660222 2) # "I Was Right and You Were Wrong" – 4:54 # "Mexico Rain" – 4:04 # "

Goin' Back "Goin' Back" (also recorded and released as "Going Back") is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King in 1966. It describes the loss of innocence that comes with adulthood, along with an attempt, on the part of the singer, to recapture th ...

" (live from the Dublin Feile, Ireland, 1993) ( Goffin,

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

) – 3:24 # "Wages Day iano Version – 3:18 Special Edition CD single: Riches Collection (660222 5) # "I Was Right and You Were Wrong" (extended version) – 5:33 # "Kings of the Western World" – 2:40 # "Suffering" – 2:44 # "Raintown" (piano version) – 3:40

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:I Was Right And You Were Wrong Deacon Blue songs 1994 singles 1994 songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by Ricky Ross (musician)