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Aimee Mann – Stranger Into Starman (2008) | Track profile | Dork

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Stranger Into Starman

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Stranger Into Starman

Release date: 2nd June 2008

From @#%&*! Smilers

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About This Track

"Stranger Into Starman" is a track by Aimee Mann, from the album @#%&*! Smilers, released 2nd June 2008. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Aimee Mann

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Lyrics

Stranger Into Starman

[Verse 1]

I turned Stranger into Starman

In the Sunday New York Times

Like Anne Sexton with her star rats

Working backwards till it rhymes

[Chorus]

For the love of God you can't tell me again

For the love of God you can't tell me again

[Verse 2]

With a pencil and eraser

I've rewritten all your crimes

I turned Stranger into Starman

In the Sunday New York Times

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Track details

From @#%&*! Smilers

2008

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Release year

2008

—31 Today
—Ballantines
—Little Tornado
—Medicine Wheel
—Phoenix
—Stranger Into Starman
—True Believer
—Looking for Nothing
—It's Over
—Columbus Avenue
—Borrowing Time
—Great Beyond
—Lullaby (B-side)
—Freeway

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Writer: Aimee Mann
Producer: Paul Bryan
Drums: Jay Bellerose
Vocals: Aimee Mann
Cello: Alan Wild Matthews, John Krovoza, Richard Dodd (Cellist)
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Mixing Engineer: Ryan Freeland
Piano: Jamie Edwards
Recording Engineer: Ryan Freeland
Strings Arranger: Patrick Warren
Viola: Caroline Buckman, David Sage, Leah Katz
Violin: Alyssa Park, Amy Wickman, Daphne Chen, Eric Gorfain, Marisa Kuney, Melissa Reiner, Terry Glenny