%22Sour Times%22 is a song by English trip hop group Portishead, released as their second single in August 1994. Written by all three members of the band, %22Sour Times%22 features on Portishead's debut album Dummy (1994). The original 1994 release initially reached only number 57 in the UK, but after the success of %22Glory Box%22 in 1995, it was re-released and peaked at number 13 on the UK singles chart in April. It is also the band's only song to date to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, at number 53.The B-side track %22Airbus Reconstruction%22 was actually recorded by the band Airbus who were former school friends of Geoff Barrow.