Dear John (Eddi Reader song)

"Dear John"
Single by Eddi Reader
from the album Eddi Reader
B-side"Battersea Moon"
Released24 October 1994
Length4:08
LabelBlanco y Negro
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Penny
Eddi Reader singles chronology
"Joke (I'm Laughing)"
(1994)
"Dear John"
(1994)
"Nobody Lives Without Love"
(1995)

"Dear John" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader, released on 24 October 1994 by Blanco y Negro Records as the third and final single from her second studio album, Eddi Reader (1994). It was written by Kirsty MacColl and Mark E. Nevin, and produced by Greg Penny. "Dear John" reached No. 48 in the UK and remained in the charts for two weeks. In 1995, the song was nominated for "Best song musically and lyrically" at the Ivor Novello Awards.