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Alex Chilton (song)

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"Alex Chilton"
Song
B-side"Election Day"

"Alex Chilton" is a song by American rock band The Replacements from their fifth studio album Pleased to Meet Me. The song is a homage to Alex Chilton, lead singer of The Box Tops and Big Star.

The song is available as a playable track on the music video game Rock Band 2. Alex Chilton was a guest musician on Pleased to Meet Me, playing guitar on the song "Can't Hardly Wait". The song is also heard in the background of the bachelor party scene in season 1, episode 3 of Psych.

Reference to the song in Alex Chilton's obituary