Sports & Wine

"Sports & Wine"
Song by Ben Folds Five from the album Ben Folds Five
Released August 8, 1995
Recorded Wave Castle, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Genre Alternative rock
Length 2:58
Label Passenger/Caroline
Writer(s) Benjamin Scott Folds
Producer(s) Caleb Southern
Ben Folds Five track listing

"Underground"
(6)
"Sports & Wine"
(7)
"Uncle Walter"
(8)

"Sports & Wine" is a song from Ben Folds Five's 1995 self-titled debut album.[1] It was written by Ben Folds.[2] The song is a snide dismissal of a "man's man" who attempts to put up the pretense of being sensitive so that he can appeal more to the opposite sex.[3]

Additional versions

The song does not appear in an alternate version or a live version on any albums, EPs or singles.

Singles

The song was not released as a single on its own, but the album cut appears as an additional track on the commercial CD single and the "B" side of the commercial 7" vinyl single of the song "Underground". Both singles were released in the United Kingdom in April 1996 by Vital Distribution for Passenger/Caroline.

Compilations and soundtracks

No versions of the song appear on any non-Ben Folds compilation album or soundtrack.

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Amazon: Ben Folds Five
  2. BMI Repertoire Listing
  3. Original Lyrics at theSuburbs.org.uk


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