The Dean and I

Infobox Single
Name = The Dean and I


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Artist = 10cc
from Album = 10cc (album)
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Released = August 1973
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Genre = Pop
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Label = Mercury
Writer = Kevin Godley Lol Creme
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Last single = "Rubber Bullets" (1973)
This single = "The Dean and I" (1974)
Next single = "Headline Hustler" (1974)
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The Dean and I is a song by the Art rock/Pop band 10cc, from their 1973 eponymous debut album, written by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The song was released as the fourth single from the album in August 1973 and peaked at #10 on the British charts, making it the lowest of the singles from the album which charted in their own right.

The album version of the song is slightly longer than the single version. Most of time cut for the single release is from the introduction where the lyric on the album "Humdrum days and a humdrum ways" is sung repeatedly. The single version of the song can be found on the compilation "Greatest Hits ... And More" (2006)

The song is written from the perspective of an American father telling his children about how he met and fell in love with their mother, with the first real line of the song being "Hey kids let me tell you how I met your mom. We were dancing and romancing at the senior prom". The epic poem Paradise Lost by John Milton is mentioned in the lyrics. The later part of the lyric tackles the grim realities of middle-aged married life "...when the paint is peelng, and all the chips are down..."

The song is a parody of 1960s commercial pop musicFact|date=September 2008, notably of the Beach Boys where the line "And then I kissed her" is sung in a style similar to the band's 1967 hit single Then I Kissed Her.

A notable 1974 performance of the song appears on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.

In an interview, some years after the release of the album, Godley has been quoted as claiming that he disliked the songCitequote|date=September 2008 while, ironically Graham Gouldman, (who had no part in writing the song) and his band Graham Gouldman and Friends continued to perform the song live.

External links

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=e933AbGuIuM 10cc performing The Dean and I on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=b4_FGej-vRg Graham Gouldman and Friends performing The Dean and I]