“The Size of a Cow” by The Wonderstuff

"The Size of a Cow" was the first single from the Wonder Stuff's third album, Never Loved Elvis, in 1991, and their first single of any kind in 18 months, though the song itself dated back to the sessions for Hup two years earlier. Its trick, and one Miles Hunt was proud of, is setting a gloomy lyric against a backing that can't stop grinning; Select's Nick Griffiths summed it up as "Madness meets the Bay City Rollers".

Mick Glossop produced and mixed it with Al Stone engineering, and the room was crowded: Hunt and Malcolm Treece on guitars and vocals, Paul Clifford on bass, Martin Gilks on drums, Martin Bell on fiddle and piano, James Taylor on Hammond organ. It reached five in the UK, got A-list play on Radio 1, and PRS for Music has since called it an indie disco staple.

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