"Keep it to Yourself" is the ninth single by Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

-based rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Reuben

Reuben (band)

Reuben were an English three-piece musical group from Camberley, Surrey. Their music was a fusion of alternative rock and heavy metal, as their songs cover a variety of styles, ranging from heavy and upbeat, such as their 2005 single "Blamethrower" to slower, more melodic songs such as their 2004...

, and the third single taken from their second album, Very Fast Very Dangerous

Very Fast Very Dangerous

Very Fast Very Dangerous is the second album by British rock band Reuben, released little over a year after their debut. Song writing for this album begun as soon as the recording for its predecessor, Racecar Is Racecar Backwards had finished in September 2003. The name originates from a line in...

. It was released in September 2005, one week ahead of the album. The single was available on three formats: CD, 7" vinyl

Gramophone record

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 and a limited edition yellow vinyl version, each released with different b-sides. Like previous single 'A Kick In The Mouth', it received good reviews in the press but little airplay on Radio and TV. Although the single sold more copies than its predecessor in its first week, it climbed to only #62 in the UK charts. However, on 3 September 2006 it climbed to #35 in BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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's Top 40 Rock Singles chart.

Personnel

• Jamie Lenman - Guitars, vocals, piano
• Jon Pearce - Bass, vocals
• Guy Davis - Drums

Trivia

(From the band's site)

• The title track can be described as the band's most openly grunge track, evoking elements of both Nirvana
  Nirvana (band)
  Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
  
   and tour mates Mclusky
  Mclusky
  Mclusky , originally known as Best, were a three-piece post-hardcore group formed in Cardiff, Wales. The group consisted of Englishman Andy "Falco" Falkous from Newcastle Upon Tyne, Jonathan Chapple and Jack Egglestone , who replaced previous drummer Matthew Harding in late...
  
  . This is the oldest song on the second album
  Very Fast Very Dangerous
  Very Fast Very Dangerous is the second album by British rock band Reuben, released little over a year after their debut. Song writing for this album begun as soon as the recording for its predecessor, Racecar Is Racecar Backwards had finished in September 2003. The name originates from a line in...
  
  . The song was originally called 'Truck' and when originally played by the band live, drummer Guy Davis sang the backing vocals for the chorus, which were initially "Take it by myself, ain't nobody else...", but Jon took over when Guy decided it was too much hassle. It was also the first song to be recorded for the album, primarily because the band cited it as "easy to play".
• Karen is a of a song by Farnborough
  Farnborough, Hampshire
  -History:Name changes: Ferneberga ; Farnburghe, Farenberg ; Farnborowe, Fremborough, Fameborough .Tower Hill, Cove: There is substantial evidence...
  
   band Vex Red
  Vex Red
  Vex Red were a band from Aldershot, England who merged hard rock with electronica. They were signed to US Producer Ross Robinson's Virgin Records Imprint record label, I Am, after sending a demo EP to Robinson. They litigated their way off the label in late 2002, and singer Terry Abbott formed a...
  
  , it was unintentionally misspelled, as the original is spelled 'Karin'. It was recorded with Ryan Maunder at Raezor studios. Reuben shared the stage with Vex Red many times during their early says under the name Angel.
• Approaching By Stealth is an old song that had been demoed for possible inclusion on both of the band's albums.
• Victim is another old song that featured on the band's final demo under the name Angel, 'Betrayed'.
• In the first office scene in the video, Guy's floor tom isn't there. When the video returns to the office, it magically appears.
• The chip shop featured in the promotional video also appears in the video for Freddy Kreuger.
• The video features many of the band's friends and family, including director Daniel Fernbach's sister, mum and dad, (who played the dad in the Freddy Kreuger video), the band's roadie Chris (who doubled as one of the band in the Let's Stop Hanging Out
  Let's Stop Hanging Out
  "Let's Stop Hanging Out" is the third single by Surrey-based rock band Reuben. It was recorded in November 2002 at Jacob's studios in Farnham with Paul Tipler. It was recorded and mixed from start to finish in one day. The b-sides were recorded over night at Air studios in London with Adam Noble,...
  
  video), a selection of waitresses and customers from the chip shop, and Ryan Maunder.
• Four ice cream tubs full of spaghetti were cooked for the meals of the 'customers' in the restaurant scene in the video, but only one box full was used.