Close but No Cigar (Thomas Dolby song)

"Close but No Cigar"
Single by Thomas Dolby
from the album Astronauts & Heretics
B-side"Neon Sisters"
Released27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)
Length
  • 4:26 (album version)
  • 4:05 (single version)
LabelVirgin
SongwriterThomas Dolby
ProducerThomas Dolby
Thomas Dolby singles chronology
"My Brain Is Like a Sieve"
(1989)
"Close but No Cigar"
(1992)
"I Love You Goodbye"
(1992)
Audio
"Close but No Cigar" on YouTube

"Close but No Cigar" is a song by English singer and musician Thomas Dolby, released by Virgin Records on 27 April 1992 as the lead single from his fourth studio album, Astronauts & Heretics (1992). The song, which was written and produced by Dolby, reached number 22 on the UK singles chart.