Picnic/Loser + God’s Magic Finger (Live in Japan) is a 7" inch single recorded by The Residents during their 2017 residency at the Blue Note Club in Tokyo, Japan.
Background[]
Writing[]
The Residents initially wrote the three songs featured on this single for three different projects; Picnic was written with Snakefinger for his debut album Chewing Hides The Sound, Loser, was written as the B-Side to Satisfaction in 1976 and God's Magic Finger was for their 1998 album Wormwood. The the mash-up of Picnic and Loser for The Residents' Wonder of Weird tour in 2013.
The two tracks selected are 2/3 of the songs that were cut from the In Between Dreams setlist following the initial shows at the Blue Note Club. The third is The Man In The Dark Sedan.
Release[]
The single was originally sold with some copies of In Between Dreams Live in 2020, but was later released individually in May in a limited quantity of 500.