Songs
Despite the title track addressing the fur trade ("I don't wear fur/Won't do it/Fur's for fools"), most of the songs deal with fidelity ("Homeboy"), blossoming love ("One Heart One Way", "Lover's Night") and the fulfilment of ambitions ("Inside a Dream").
"Song of the Factory" differs from these themes with insistent synth lines and a more abstract lyric ("It is cold/But it is warm/It is one/But not alone"). Wiedlin's favourite song from the album, it includes a dig at producer Shep Pettibone in morse code, in reference to a feud between the renowned remixer and Fur producer Stephen Hague.
Both sides of the original vinyl record were bookmarked by slower love songs: "The End of Love" (which was the B-side to "Rush Hour") and "Whatever It Takes". "Rush Hour" was the first single from the album and reached #9 in the United States and #12 in Britain. Fur and the next single "Inside a Dream" were more modest successes, reaching #105 and #57 respectively in the USA. Fur spent 21 weeks on The Billboard 200.
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