Famous Blue Raincoat

About Famous Blue Raincoat

"Famous Blue Raincoat" is one of Leonard Cohen's better-known songs. It appears on his third album, Songs of Love and Hate, released 1971. The song is written in the form of a letter, and tells the story of a three-sided affair between the speaker, a woman named Jane, and the addressed person, who is identified only briefly as, "my brother, my killer." Implied in the song is that Jane was either engaged to or married to the speaker, but after the events .

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About this song

Credited to

Leonard Cohen

Album

Songs of Love and Hate · Track 6 of 8

Released

March 19, 1971

Duration

5:15

Ranking

#8 most played Leonard Cohen track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

505,901 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Songs of Love and Hate