Steve McQueen (The Automatic song)
| "Steve McQueen" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Automatic | ||||
| from the album This Is A Fix | ||||
| B-side | "Big Ideas", "In This World", "Young Entrepreneurs" | |||
| Released | 18 August 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Sage and Sound Recording Studio, West Hollywood & Warwick Hall, Cardiff | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, post-punk revival | |||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | Polydor, B-Unique | |||
| Songwriter(s) | James Frost Iwan Griffiths Robin Hawkins Alex Pennie | |||
| The Automatic singles chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
Radio promo artwork | ||||
| Alternative cover | ||||
7" picture disc | ||||
"Steve McQueen" is the first and ultimately only single from Welsh rock band The Automatic's second album This Is A Fix. It is their fifth single overall. The track began radio and video play as of 7 July 2008 and was released on 18 August 2008.
The track premiered on the 2007 NME Indie Rock Tour, along with "Revolution" – which later would be titled "Secret Police", and was originally recorded over the final weeks of 2006 with original member of The Automatic – Alex Pennie, penned to be released in April 2007, the single was for unknown reasons scrapped until 2008 when it was re-recorded with Paul Mullen as a member of the band.