"Mrs. Washington" is a song written and performed by Gigolo Aunts

Gigolo Aunts

-Early history:The band was formed by middle school students Steve Hurley, Dave Gibbs, Phil Hurley and Paul Brouwer in 1981 in Potsdam, New York, originally known as Sniper...

 and the title song from their 1993 and 1994 singles

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

. The song also appears on the album, Flippin' Out

Flippin' Out

Flippin' Out is an album by Gigolo Aunts released in October 1993 on Fire Records in the UK and April 1994 on RCA/BMG in the US. It includes the track "Where I Find My Heaven", featured on the soundtrack to 1994 comedy film, Dumb and Dumber, which helped to break the band into the charts. The US...

. The August 1993 7" single (catalog number: SM1 or 7SM1) includes a cover of "Serious Drugs", a 1992 single by BMX Bandits

BMX Bandits (band)

BMX Bandits are a Scottish 1960s-influenced guitar pop band who have been making music from 1986 to the present day. They have shared members with other Bellshill bands Teenage Fanclub and The Soup Dragons....

 later included on their 1995 album, "Life Goes On". That 1993 single was the first in a series of five releases by various bands on Fire Records under the Spawning Monsters moniker. The April 1994 7" single (catalog number: blaze68) and CD single include a cover of "Ask", a 1986 single by the Smiths

The Smiths

The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...

 that later appeared on their 1987 albums, "Louder Than Bombs" (US) and "The World Won't Listen" (UK). The 12" single includes a cover of "Can You Get to That" by Funkadelic

Funkadelic

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, a song from their 1971 album, "Maggot Brain". Both the 12" single and the CD single include a cover of "Winsor Dam", a 1991 recording by Big Dipper

Big Dipper (band)

Big Dipper was an indie rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, formed in 1985 by former members of Volcano Suns and The Embarrassment. They released 4 albums between 1987 and 1990, before splitting up...

 that did not receive its formal release until the 2008 compilation album, Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology. Note that while both the 12" single and CD single attribute the writing credits for "Winsor Dam" to Goffrier/Oliphant/Michener/Wallik, other sources identify the writer of the song as Big Dipper guitarist, Gary Waleik. The 1994 single entered the UK singles charts on April 23, 1994, spending only one week there. The cover art of the 1994 7" single, 12" single, and CD single features Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevigny gained reputation for her eclectic fashion sense and developed a broad career in the fashion industry in the mid 1990s, both for modeling and for her work at New York's Sassy magazine, which labeled her...

. The photo appears to be from the same session as the photo on the cover of the Full-On Bloom EP

Full-On Bloom (EP)

Full-On Bloom is an EP released in July 1993 by Gigolo Aunts. The EP includes a cover of "Serious Drugs", a 1992 single by BMX Bandits later included on their 1995 album, "Life Goes On". The album cover features Chloë Sevigny. The photo appears to be from the same session as the photo on the...

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Track listing

UK Single (Fire Records) Catalog Number: SM1 or 7SM1 (1993), Format: 7" single

1. "Mrs. Washington" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley)
2. "Serious Drugs" (Duglas T. Stewart, Norman Blake, Joe McAlinden)

UK Single (Fire Records) Catalog Number: blaze68 (1994), Format: 7" single

1. "Mrs. Washington" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley)
2. "Ask" (Morrissey, Johnny Marr)

UK Single (Fire Records) Catalog Number: blaze68t (1994), Format: 12" single

1. "Mrs. Washington" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley)
2. "Can You Get to That" (George Clinton, Ernest G. Harris, Jr.)
3. "Winsor Dam" (Bill Goffrier, Jeff Oliphant, Steve Michener, Gary Waleik)
4. "Supernova Crush" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley)

UK Single (Fire Records) Catalog Number: blaze68cd (1994), Format: CD single

1. "Mrs. Washington" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 4:07
2. "Ask" (Morrissey, Johnny Marr) 2:25
3. "Supernova Crush" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 2:18
4. "Winsor Dam" (Bill Goffrier, Jeff Oliphant, Steve Michener, Gary Waleik) 4:39