Rules and Regulations (song)

For other songs, see Rules and Regulations (disambiguation).

2007 single by Rufus Wainwright

"Rules and Regulations"

Single by Rufus Wainwright
from the album  Release the Stars
Released| July 30, 2007 (UK)
Genre| Baroque pop, pop
Length| 4:05
Label| Geffen
Songwriter(s)| Rufus Wainwright
Producer(s)| Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright singles chronology
| "Going to a Town"
(2007)  | "Rules and Regulations"
(2007)  | "Tiergarten"
(2007)

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Release the Stars track listing

1. "Do I Disappoint You"
2. "Going to a Town"
3. "Tiergarten"
4. "Nobody's Off the Hook"
5. "Between My Legs"
6. "Rules and Regulations"
7. "Not Ready to Love"
8. "Slideshow"
9. "Tulsa"
10. "Leaving for Paris No. 2"
11. "Sanssouci"
12. "Release the Stars"

"Rules and Regulations" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was the second single from Wainwright's fifth studio album, Release the Stars, released digitally via iTunes in the UK on July 30, 2007.

Despite the success of Release the Stars, which reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart,[1] and the performance of "Going to a Town", the first single from the album that reached #54 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] "Rules and Regulations" failed to chart in any nation. A music video, directed by Petro Papahadjopoulos, was also created to promote the single.

## Track listing

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### UK digital single

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1. "Rules and Regulations"

## Personnel

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* Rufus Wainwright – vocals, acoustic guitar, horn arrangement
* Carl Albach – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
* Steven Bernstein – trumpet, conducting
* Jason Boshoff – programming
* John Chudoba – trumpet
* Marius de Vries – programming
* Dominic Derasse – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
* Rachelle Garniez – claviola, accordion
* Jeff Hill – electric bass, upright bass
* Matt Johnson – drums, recorder
* Gerry Leonard – guitar
* Dan Levine – trombone
* Larry Mullins – shaker, tambourine, tabla, woodblock, fish
* Jack Petruzelli – acoustic guitar
* Neil Tennant – backing vocals, synthesizer
* Dave Trigg – trumpet, piccolo trumpet

## Music video

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Petro Papahadjopoulos directed the music video for "Rules and Regulations", which features a group of men performing a choreographed dance around a long john-wearing Wainwright inside a London mansion.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "UK Top 40 Hit Database". everyHit.com. Retrieved November 13, 2008. Note: User must define search parameters as "Rufus Wainwright"
2. ^ "The Official Charts Company – Rufus Wainwright". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
3. ^ "Video Premiere: 'Rules and Regulations,' Rufus Wainwright". Spinner.com. June 2, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2008.

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Rufus Wainwright

* Awards and nominations
* Discography
* Songs

Studio albums|

* Rufus Wainwright
* Poses
* Want One
* Want Two
* Release the Stars
* All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu
* Out of the Game
* Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets
* Unfollow the Rules
* Folkocracy

Live albums|

* Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall
* Milwaukee at Last!!!
* Live from the Artists Den
* Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live
* Rufus Does Judy at Capitol Studios

Compilations|

* Want
* House of Rufus
* Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright
* Unfollow the Rules: The Paramour Sessions

EPs|

* Waiting for a Want
* Alright, Already: Live in Montréal
* Tiergarten
* Technopera / Solitude of Heart / Do It to the Music (with Ampersounds)

Video albums|

* All I Want
* Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium
* Milwaukee at Last!!!

Singles|

* "I Don't Know What It Is"
* "Oh What a World"
* "Across the Universe"
* "The One You Love"
* "Hallelujah"
* "Going to a Town"
* "Rules and Regulations"
* "Tiergarten"
* "Me and Liza"
* "Sword of Damocles"
* "Trouble in Paradise"
* "Damsel in Distress"
* "Peaceful Afternoon"
* "Alone Time"

Other songs|

* "April Fools"
* "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"
* "One Man Guy"
* "Dinner at Eight"
* "The Art Teacher"
* "Gay Messiah"
* "Sanssouci"

Concerts|

* Odd Man Out Tour
* Out of the Game Tour
* The Best of Rufus Wainwright
* If I Loved You: Gentlemen Prefer Broadway
* All These Poses Anniversary Tour

Operas|

* Prima Donna
* album
* Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert
* Hadrian

Related|

* Blackoutsabbath
* Dream Requiem
* Opening Night (musical)
* Stuyvesant family
* Loudon Wainwright III
* Kate McGarrigle
* Martha Wainwright
* Jörn Weisbrodt
* Road Trip Elegies

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Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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