Song of the Day 9/21: Cracker, “Eurotrash Girl”

Back when people bought their music on CDs — ‘memba them? — bands started to have fun with the format by including hidden tracks after the end of the listed program. It quickly reached the point of absurdity, as bands would put lots of blank tracks before the hidden song, but sometimes it was worth it. Cracker, for example, hid this song at the end of their 1993 “Kerosene Hat” LP. To access it, a listener had to wait through dozens of blank tracks to reach track 69 (get it? heh), where they found this tale of the Worst Summer Abroad Ever.

The song was written on tour, naturally, in a New Jersey hotel room, where band members related Euro-travel horror stories that happened to them, friends and acquaintances. If it were a movie it would be “based on a true story.”