Song of the Day 8/30: The Wonder Stuff, “The Size of a Cow”

I swear this isn’t a reference to Donald Trump, though it could be. Not because he’s the size of a cow – hey, give him his due, he’s a 6’3″ monument to unearned male vanity – but because, like the song’s narrator, he’s blown up his problems that big.

The Wonder Stuff came out of the English midlands in the late ’80s, around the time of the Madchester club scene, with a guitar-driven sound that played like a less mopey version of the alternative rock then popular in the US. They hit their commercial peak with their 1991 LP “Never Loved Elvis,” which included this No. 5 UK hit single. The band dissolved in 1994, but frontman and songwriter Miles Hunt has revived it a couple of times since.

This was the opening track to “Never Loved Elvis,” an album that’s well worth the listen if you like ’90s alternative rock.