April Fool

Album: Banga (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • The song title connects to Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist, novelist and short story writer Nikolai Gogol, who was born April 1, 1809. Some sources indicate he was actually born March 20th or March 31st.
  • The song features guitar work from Smith's fellow New Wave figurehead Tom Verlaine of Television.
  • This was released as Banga's lead single on, yep you guessed it, April 1, 2012.

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