I've Been Working

I've Been Working

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Name = I've Been Working


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Artist = Van Morrison
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Album = His Band and the Street Choir
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Released = November 15, 1970
track_no = 4
Recorded = June - September 1970
Genre = Funk, Rock
Length = 3:25
Writer = Van Morrison
Composer = Van Morrison
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Van Morrison
Chart position =
Tracks =#"Domino" – 3:06
#"Crazy Face" – 2:56
#"Give Me a Kiss (Just One Sweet Kiss)" – 2:30
#"I've Been Working" – 3:25
#"Call Me Up in Dreamland" – 3:52
#"I'll Be Your Lover, Too" – 3:57
#"Blue Money" – 3:40
#"Virgo Clowns" – 4:10
#"Gypsy Queen" – 3:16
#"Sweet Jannie" – 2:11
#"If I Ever Needed Someone" – 3:45
#"Street Choir" – 4:53
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Misc = "I've Been Working" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It appears on the album "His Band and the Street Choir", released in 1970.

According to Clinton Heylin the song was originally recorded in the Astral Weeks sessions "According to Warners' files, there were two out-takes, an early version of "I've Been Working" and a song listed simply as "Train"." [Heylin, Can You Feel the Silence?, p.195]

Appearance on other albums

*It was one of the live performances recorded and included on Morrison's 1974 acclaimed live album, "It's Too Late To Stop Now".
*The song appears on the 1981 video Van Morrison in Ireland recorded in 1979.
*"I've Been Working" appears on the 1994 live album "A Night in San Francisco".

Personnel on original release

*Van Morrison - guitar, vocal
*Alan Hand - organ
*Keith Johnson - trumpet
*John Klingberg - bass guitar
*John Platania - guitar
*Jack Schroer - alto and baritone saxophones
*Dahaud Shaar - drums

Covers

*Bob Seger covered this song on his album "Back in '72", and later performed it on his successful live album "'Live' Bullet" in 1976.
*Bo Diddley
*Orphan

Notes

References

*Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7

External links

* [http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/?m=Content&Content(record_id)=b2950180e54389f3cf9d93ad908ac00e Lyrics and audio sample] His Band and the Street Choir 1970s


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