Wrapping Paper

For the concept, see wrapping paper.

"Wrapping Paper"
File:Wrapping Paper Cream 1967 Polydor 45.jpg October, 1966, Polydor, NH 59726, Sweden 45 picture sleeve
Single by Cream
B-side	"Cat's Squirrel"
Released	October 1966
Format	7" Single
Recorded	August 1966 at Chalk Farm
Genre	Rhythm and blues, jazz
Length	2:25
Label	Reaction Records 591 007
Writer(s)	Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
Producer(s)	Robert Stigwood
Cream singles chronology
"Wrapping Paper" (October 1966) "I Feel Free" (December 1966)

"Wrapping Paper" is a song with music composed by Jack Bruce and lyrics by Pete Brown, performed by Cream and originally released as a single in 1966 with "Cat's Squirrel" as the B side. It is featured on The Very Best of Cream. In contrast with the hard blues of other early Cream songs such "N.S.U." and the pop-style of "I Feel Free," it has a distinctive slow-jazz style.

The 45 single released on Reaction Records reached #34 on the British pop singles chart in 1966, the first Top 40 hit for the band.

Drummer Ginger Baker was not fond of the song: "'Wrapping Paper' is the most appalling piece of shit I've ever heard in my life! I was totally against it, right from the start... Eric and I didn't like it."

Lyrical meaning

The lyrics to "Wrapping Paper" talk about a man who lost his love and finds himself constantly looking at a picture of himself and his love and keeps wishing to go back "to the house on the shore." The song's lyrics share common similarities with the songs "Dreaming" and "The Coffee Song".

Personnel

• Jack Bruce - Lead vocals, bass guitar, piano, cello
• Eric Clapton - Backing vocals, guitar
• Ginger Baker - Drums, Percussion

Charts

Year	Single	Position
		UK Top 40
October 1966	"Wrapping Paper"/ "Cat's Squirrel"	#34

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics