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| type = single

| artist = [[Mott the Hoople]]

| released = 1974

| recorded = 1974

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| genre = [[Glam rock]]

| length = 3:58

| label = [[Columbia Records|CBS Records]]/[[Columbia Records]]

| writer = [[Peter Watts (musician)|Overend Watts]]

| producer = Mott the Hoople

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“”’Born Late ’58”'” is a single taken from [[Mott the Hoople]]’s seventh and final studio album ”[[The Hoople]]”. It is the only Mott the Hoople track credited solely to, and sung by group [[Bass guitar|bassist]] [[Peter Watts (musician)|Peter Watts]], prior to the group reforming as simply “Mott”. Just prior to the recording, de facto group leader [[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]] left the recording studio in frustration with the group’s new guitarist [[Luther Grosvenor|Ariel Bender]]. As a consequence, this is the only track in the seven albums credited to Mott the Hoople that Hunter had no direct involvement in. Ironically (perhaps intentionally), the track features Bender’s [[guitar]] as the most prominent instrument.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

The song tells the story of a romantic encounter with girl (born in 1958, therefore 16 years old in 1974).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hunter-mott.com/history/mth_story.html|title=The Mott the Hoople Story|website=Hunter-mott.com|accessdate=9 June 2018}}</ref>

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[[Category:1974 singles]]

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