"Sour Suite" is a song written by Burton Cummings and performed by The Guess Who. It reached #12 in CanadaThe Guess Who, "Sour Suite" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015 and #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972.The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" United States Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015 The song was featured on their 1971 album, So Long, Bannatyne.The Guess Who, So Long, Bannatyne Retrieved March 11, 2015 Cummings said it took between two and three days to write the song. Its lyric about being "back in 46201" refers to a zip code for Indianapolis. Cummings took it from the return address of a letter sent to him by a female fan.Peter Howell. "Second Cummings: Guess Who's Back on the Charts for the First Time in Years?" Edmonton (Alberta) Journal, May 8, 1996, p. B 6.
The song was produced by Jack Richardson.The Guess Who, "Sour Suite" Canadian single release Retrieved March 11, 2015
The single's B-side, "Life in the Bloodstream", also charted, reaching #39 in Canada.The Guess Who, "Life in the Bloodstream" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015
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