Frans Hals (song)
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| "Frans Hals" | ||||
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| Single by McCarthy | ||||
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| Released | March 1987 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Label | Pink Label | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Malcolm Eden | |||
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"Frans Hals" is a single by McCarthy released in March 1987; their last on Pink Label. The b-sides were "The Fall (remix)" and "Kill Kill Kill Kill" and "Frans Hals (version)".
The single is not on any of the group's three studio albums. It can be found on the releases A La Guillotine and That's All Very Well But....
Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals was the subject of the song and the lyrics were inspired by John Berger's comments on Hals in his 1972 book, Ways of Seeing.