Memorieh Lane (single)

"Memorieh Lane" is a single by English musician Jeremiah Creosote released as the third single from his album "Bringing It Home" (2012) on the 12th April 2012. The song was entirely composed by Creosote including it's guitar solo, a departure from his previous solo album where he employed guitarists to write parts, as Jeremiah himself was not overly confident of his ability.

The single became part of an overall comeback for Jeremiah who had been suffering with alcoholism, depression, and a slump in his personal business. The song was originally written for the aborted "The Sun Never Sets On Creosotes Empire" (2010) from the perspective of a colonial governor looking fondly upon the fragmenting Empire as it's colonies became independent. However, with the collapse of the album and subsequently relations between Hudson and Taft, Jeremiah rewrote the song in the context of lost friendship, creating the fan favorite known today.

There is an odd discrepancy with the naming of the track. On the album liner itself it is named "Memory Lane", whereas on the two singles it appeared (with two different b-sides) it is spelt in typical Creosotian phonetics as '''"Memorieh Lane". Finally, on the 2017 compilation album "Dont Skimp on the Paté" there are two versions, the first named "Memory Lane (With The Lads)" and a second called "It Wasn't All Too Bad (Memory Lane)". 'The former is the original studio version with full band complement, while the latter is the original acoustic demo recorded by Jeremiah during a lunch break of the "Sun Never Sets"'' sessions.