Bachelor Kisses so achingly sweet as Bachelor Kisses are we forced to notice how hollow most contemporary pop rings." Elsewhere in NME, Biba Kopf called the song, "an affecting male rejoinder to "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend". Bachelor Kisses "Bachelor Kisses" was the second single released by The Go-Betweens from their third album, "Spring Hill Fair". It was released in August 1984 by Sire Records. In the UK a 12" single was also released on Sire. "Bachelor Kisses" was the Go-Betweens' first real attempt at a commercial single. Forster later said of the song, "Grant wrote this. It sounded like a
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