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The song was released as a single with Entangled as the b-side but failed to make any significant chart impact. The majority of the song was written by Banks in 1972 and was originally intended for the Foxtrot album. The song's rhythm, according to Banks, is heavily influenced by The Beatles' Getting Better.
Like much of the A Trick of the Tail album the songs lyrics focus on a specific character; the "Beast" who leaves his own kingdom and enters the world of humans. He is captured and put on display in a freak show after his captors refuse to believe in his kingdom. The Beast laments his decision to leave his home,
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Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Release date: 25 October 1976
EAN: 0075679041524 UPC: 075679041524
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Release date: 25 October 1976
EAN: 0075679041524 UPC: 075679041524
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