{{For|the unincorporated community in Indiana|Shady Lane, Indiana}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Shady Lane EP/Single | type = ep | artist = Pavement | cover = shadylaneEP.gif | alt = | released = June 10, 1997 | recorded = 1996 | venue = | studio = Piedmont Triad <small>(Winston-Salem, North Carolina)</small> | genre = Indie rock | length = 22:19 | label = {{flatlist| *Matador <small>(US)</small> *Domino <small>(UK)</small> }} | producer = | prev_title = Brighten the Corners | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Terror Twilight | next_year = 1999 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r313148|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> | rev4 = ''Christgau's Consumer Guide'' | rev4score = A−<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVQbszFuEGMC |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|page=242 |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev5score = A−<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kim |first=Wook |date=1997-06-13 |title=Shady Lane |url=http://ew.com/article/1997/06/13/shady-lane/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
"'''Shady Lane'''" is a song by American indie rock band Pavement that appears on the album ''Brighten the Corners''. It was also released as a two-part single and as an EP, which collects the B-sides from both the British singles. The single was accompanied by a video directed by Spike Jonze.<ref>{{cite web|title=Full Cast and Crew for Pavement: Slow Century|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358631/fullcredits#cast|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=18 June 2012}}</ref> "Shady Lane" would become a top 40 hit in the UK for the band.
== Background and recording == The EP was released June 10, 1997, on Matador Records. It collects all the B-sides from the two "Shady Lane" UK singles. "Shady Lane (krossfader)" is a very similar version to the one on the album ''Brighten the Corners''; the gap between the first chorus and second verse is shortened and the extended instrumental part towards the end (identified on the album as ''J vs. S'') is omitted. The song "Slowly Typed" can also be found on ''Brighten the Corners'', where it is named "Type Slowly". The version here is quite different, faster and more lo-fi with a country touch.
== Track listing ==
=== Part 1 - Shady Lane/Slow Typed === {{Track listing | all_writing = Stephen Malkmus | title1 = Shady Lane (Krossfader) | length1 = 2:33 | title2 = Slowly Typed | length2 = 2:52 | title3 = Cherry Area | length3 = 1:32 | total_length = 6:57 }}
=== Part 2 - Shady Lane/Wanna Mess You Around === {{Track listing | title1 = Shady Lane (Krossfader) | length1 = 2:34 | title2 = Wanna Mess You Around | length2 = 1:27 | title3 = No Tan Lines | length3 = 3:01 | total_length = 7:02 }}
=== 7-inch – Shady Lane/Unseen Power of the Picket Fence === {{Track listing | title1 = Shady Lane | length1 = 2:33 | title2 = Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence | length2 = 3:54 | total_length = 6:45 }}
=== EP === {{Track listing | title1 = Shady Lane (Krossfader) | length1 = 2:34 | title2 = Slowly Typed | length2 = 2:52 | title3 = Cherry Area | length3 = 1:32 | title4 = Wanna Mess You Around | length4 = 1:26 | title5 = No Tan Lines | length5 = 3:01 }}
==In popular culture== * In the television series ''Radio Free Roscoe'', main character Lily's radio nickname is "Shady Lane". Lily states that Pavement's song "Shady Lane" is the song that inspired her to play guitar.
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