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"Letter to Memphis"
Single by Pixies
from the album Trompe le Monde
Released	1991 (1991)
Recorded	1991
Studio	Master Control, Burbank Pacifique, Burbank Studio des dames, Paris Blackwing, London
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	2:39
Label	Elektra/4AD
Songwriter(s)	Black Francis
Producer(s)	Gil Norton
Pixies singles chronology
"Alec Eiffel" (1991) "Letter to Memphis" (1991) "Head On" (1991)

"Letter to Memphis" is a single by the alternative rock band Pixies, from their 1991 album Trompe le Monde. The song was frontman Black Francis' take on Chuck Berry's song "Memphis, Tennessee". An instrumental version was included as a B-side to the "Alec Eiffel" single and later became the closing track of their compilation Complete 'B' Sides.

In the December 1991 issue of Spin, critic Ivan Kreilkamp commented on "Letter to Memphis": "out of the kitsch and froth of the Pixies' sensibility, a line like 'trying to get to you' sticks in your mind like a piece of genuine feeling hidden on the back of a tacky postcard."

Charts

References

1. ^ Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies - Josh Frank, Caryn Ganz - Google Books
2. SPIN - Google Books
3. "Pixies Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

• 1991 singles
• Pixies (band) songs
• Songs written by Black Francis
• Elektra Records singles
• 1991 songs
• Song recordings produced by Gil Norton
• Songs about Memphis, Tennessee
• Songs about letters (message)