When Alice Comes Back to the Farm
| "When Alice Comes Back to the Farm" | ||||
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| Single by The Move | ||||
| from the album Looking On | ||||
| B-side | "What?" | |||
| Released | 9 October 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1970 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:15 | |||
| Label | Fly (UK) | |||
| Songwriter | Roy Wood | |||
| Producers | Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne | |||
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"When Alice Comes Back to the Farm" is a rock-blues song recorded by The Move and written and sung by Roy Wood, who also produced the track alongside fellow member Jeff Lynne. The song was first released as a single on 9 October 1970, backed with "What?", before it became the fourth track on the band's third studio album, Looking On, issued on 11 December. Musically, it is a hard rock song and featured Wood playing slide guitar, cello and baritone saxophone, reinforcing Rick Price's bassline.