"Stuck in My Throat" is the fourth 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 first to be taken from the album Racecar Is Racecar Backwards

Racecar Is Racecar Backwards

Racecar Is Racecar Backwards is the debut full-length album by the British rock band Reuben. It was recorded between July and November 2003, and was produced by Jason Wilcock at his home-made studio in Chobham.-Track listing:...

. It was recorded at Stakeout Studios in Chobham where the band recorded the album with Jason Wilcock. It was released in October 2003 on the Integrity Records

Integrity Records

Integrity Records is an independent record label based in Bedford, England. The label was founded in the early 1990s and specialised in discovering new bands in the rock/indie/punk genres....

 and Xtra Mile labels (cat. no. INT 023), home to Million Dead

Million Dead

Million Dead were a hardcore punk band from London, UK, active between 2001 and 2005.-History:The band was founded in 2000 by Cameron Dean and Julia Ruzicka, after both came to London from Australia. They were joined by Ben Dawson, who had worked with Dean in a record shop in the city...

, on CD and 7" vinyl, a first for the band. It received positive reviews and reached #76 in the UK chart. Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe

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 made it his Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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 single of the week, but XFM

Xfm

Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...

 said that it was 'too heavy' to play.

Personnel

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

Trivia

(From the band's site)

• The title track was the first of several new songs the band had written for the album in the gap between tours. "No One Wins the War" was also considered for the first single off the album. The version of the song that appears on the single was actually recorded two weeks before the band started making their album. There had been delays in delivery of the microphones originally bought for the studio to record with, but release deadlines for the single had to be met so in the time they had they recorded the title track and b-side Doll Fin with the mics already present and spent the next week making it sound as good as possible.
• Scared of the Police (Live for XFM) A faster version of the band's first single
  Scared of the Police
  "Scared of the Police" is the debut single by Surrey-based rock band Reuben. It was recorded in December 2001 at EMI studios in London with Idlewild/80's Matchbox producer Paul Tipler, and was the first recording to be released with Guy Davis on drums...
  
  , recorded at their XFM sponsored show at the Barfly
  Barfly (club)
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   in London
  London
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   with Harpies. This is the first live recording to be officially released by the band.
• It had been intended that a different version of Doll Fin with a comedic metal
  Heavy metal music
  Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
  
   guitar solo would be used on the b-side of the vinyl release, but a mistake at the record company meant it was not included. The song includes the quote 'you're kitten as a cat' from 'Love Cats' by The Cure
  The Cure
  The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
  
  .
• The band wanted 'What's good for me', an acoustic track with just vocals and guitar to be included as the second b-side, but the label disagreed and they instead opted for the live version of Scared Of The Police that appeared instead.
• A mistake by the label meant that the inlay of the single, which was meant to feature the original photo of Guy and the lyrics to all three songs was left blank.
• The band wear white contact lenses in the video for the song, but none of them had worn them before so they enlisted the help of a friend to assist them in getting them in and out of their eyes.
• The video is shot in a large storage shed next to the studio where the album was recorded. It was being used to store a number of large items, but had to be completely cleared for the video. Amongst the items removed were a three piece suite, a boat, and a caravan.