It's a Shame About Ray (song)

"It's a Shame About Ray"
Single by the Lemonheads
from the album It's a Shame About Ray
ReleasedOctober 5, 1992 (1992-10-05)
Genre
Length3:06
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Evan Dando, Tom Morgan
Producer(s)The Robb Brothers
The Lemonheads singles chronology
"Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now"
(1991)
"It's a Shame About Ray"
(1992)
"Mrs. Robinson"
(1992)

"It's a Shame About Ray" is a song by American alternative rock band the Lemonheads from their album of the same name. Written by frontman Evan Dando and his friend and occasional songwriting partner Tom Morgan, the song was inspired by a story in an Australian newspaper. The song was released as a single in October 1992, charting in the UK. It has since received positive reception from critics.