"Rules and Regulations" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was the second single from Wainwright's fifth studio album, Release the Stars, released digitally via iTunes in the UK on July 30, 2007.
Despite the success of Release the Stars, which reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart, and the performance of "Going to a Town", the first single from the album that reached #54 on the UK Singles Chart, "Rules and Regulations" failed to chart in any nation. A music video, directed by Petro Papahadjopoulos, was also created to promote the single.
Track listing
UK digital single
"Rules and Regulations"
Personnel
Rufus Wainwright – vocals, acoustic guitar, horn arrangement
Carl Albach – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
Steven Bernstein – trumpet, conducting
Jason Boshoff – programming
John Chudoba – trumpet
Marius de Vries – programming
Dominic Derasse – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
Rachelle Garniez – claviola, accordion
Jeff Hill – electric bass, upright bass
Matt Johnson – drums, recorder
Gerry Leonard – guitar
Dan Levine – trombone
Larry Mullins – shaker, tambourine, tabla, woodblock, fish
Jack Petruzelli – acoustic guitar
Neil Tennant – backing vocals, synthesizer
Dave Trigg – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
Music video
Petro Papahadjopoulos directed the music video for "Rules and Regulations", which features a group of men performing a choreographed dance around a long john-wearing Wainwright inside a London mansion.