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Statuesque
"Statuesque" is a song by Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. "Statuesque" was the fourth and final single to be released from Sleeper's second album '' The It Girl'' and became the group's last top twenty hit on the UK Singles Chart. Background "Statuesque" soundtracked a key scene at the end of the 1996 hit movie ''Trainspotting'', and featured on the additional soundtrack album '' Trainspotting #2: Music from the Motion Picture, Vol. #2'' the following year. Sleeper had also covered Blondie's 1980 hit " Atomic", for the movie; a remix of the song backed the single formats, along with a remix of "Statuesque" by then '' Evening Session'' DJ Steve Lamacq. For the b-sides of "Statuesque", Sleeper recorded two new tracks "She's a Sweetheart" and "Spies", as well as a cover of Elvis Costello's " The Other End of the Telescope", after Costello covered their own "What Do I Do Now?". Track listing *UK 7" single Indolent SLEEP 014 ''(ltd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The It Girl (album)
''The It Girl'' is the second studio album by English Britpop band Sleeper, released in May 1996 (see 1996 in music). It was their most successful album, selling over 300,000 copies in the UK alone. The album was released internationally; the US version has a different track listing along with alternative photos in the liner booklet. It was recorded in London over the winter of 1995 and 1996. Critical reception Jack Rabid of AllMusic wrote that while "nothing is quite the total knockout of ''Smart''s ' Inbetweener,' ''The It Girl'' is more consistently accomplished, with a broader palette of influences". Track listing All lyrics written by Louse Wener. ;Notes * Bonus disc: Tracks 1–5 taken from the "What Do I Do Now" single b-sides; 6–8 from "Sale of the Century" single; 9–11 from "Nice Guy Eddie" single; 12–16 from "Statuesque" single. Personnel Personnel per booklet. Sleeper * Louise Wener – vocals, guitar * Andy Maclure – drums, acoustic guitar, perc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other End (Of The Telescope)
"The Other End (Of the Telescope)" is a song by American band 'Til Tuesday, which was released in 1988 on their third and final studio album '' Everything's Different Now''. The song was written by Aimee Mann and Elvis Costello. Costello recorded his own version of the song for his 1996 album ''All This Useless Beauty''. Writing "The Other End (Of the Telescope)" originated with Mann, who wrote the music and her own set of lyrics. She then sent the song to Costello and his main contribution was providing a new set of lyrics. He told ''The Guardian'' in 1996, " twas written with Aimee Mann, but we weren't in the room together. It's a bit like the song I wrote with Burt Bacharach recently; what I call mail order songs. Your partner sends you whatever part of the composition you're not writing, in this case the music. Mostly, my contribution was the words. It was specifically written for her and the situation she was in at the time. I kept the intro and then wrote a whole other sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeper (band)
Sleeper are an English rock band formed in London in 1992. The group had eight UK Top 40 hit singles and three UK Top 10 albums during the 1990s. Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of the pop cultural hit movie '' Trainspotting''. The band split up in 1998, but reunited in 2017. History First three albums (1992–1998) Jon Stewart met Louise Wener at Manchester University in 1987 in a political philosophy class. They played in a number of bands at university, including jazz outfit the Lime Street Blues Band, then after graduating in 1988, moved to London to seek gigs. Wener later wrote that "we sounded not unlike the Sundays, but as time went on our music became increasingly influenced by US bands such as Hole, Nirvana and, most especially, the Pixies". They advertised for new band members in ''Melody Maker'' ("Bass player and drummer wanted. Influences The Pixies and The Partridge Family") and recruited Diid Osman and Andy Maclure. Wener solicited interest from re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nice Guy Eddie
"Nice Guy Eddie" is a song by English Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. It was the third single to be released from their second album, '' The It Girl''. It peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. While the tracks from '' The It Girl'' were being demoed, several tracks had working titles based on characters from ''Reservoir Dogs'': Nice Guy Eddie is the only one that kept that name. A segment of the song was used by BBC Wales for the intro and outro music for their coverage of the FAW Invitational Cup in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Track listings *UK CD single Indolent SLEEP 013CD *EU CD single BMG 74321 40149-2 #"Nice Guy Eddie" – 3:23 #"Pokerface" – 3:30 #"Blazer Sleeves" – 2:50 *UK 7" single Indolent SLEEP 013 *UK cassette single Indolent SLEEP 013MC #"Nice Guy Eddie" – 3:23 #"Inbetweener (live)" – 3:55 #"Inbetweener" (featuring Mark and Lard Lard is a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's A Good Girl
"She's a Good Girl" is a song by Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener Louise Jane Wener (born 30 July 1966, Gants Hill, London, England) is an English writer, singer, songwriter and guitarist of the band Sleeper. She is the younger daughter of Donald Wener, an Inland Revenue tax inspector from East Ham who had se .... "She's a Good Girl" was the first and lead-in single for Sleeper's third album '' Pleased to Meet You'' and became the group's seventh top forty hit on the UK Singles Chart. Track listing *UK 7" single Indolent SLEEP 015 ''(ltd edition)'' *UK cassette single Indolent SLEEP 015MC #"She's a Good Girl" #"Come On Come On" *UK CD single Indolent SLEEP 015CD *Australia CD single BMG 74321 53352-2 #"She's a Good Girl" #"Come On Come On" #"I'm a Man" Comprehensive Charts References External links"She's a Good Girl" music video {{Authority control 1997 singles Sleeper (band) songs Songs written by Louise Wener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Do I Do Now?
"What Do I Do Now?" is a 1995 song by English Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. It was the first single to be released from their second album '' The It Girl'' which followed in May 1996. "What Do I Do Now" was covered by Elvis Costello for the 1997 compilation album ''Volume Seventeen'' (and later on the expanded edition of his 2001 album ''All This Useless Beauty''. Sleeper reciprocated by covering " The Other End of the Telescope", which appeared on the b-side of "Statuesque "Statuesque" is a song by Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. "Statuesque" was the fourth and final single to be released from Sleeper's second album '' The It Girl'' and became the group's last top tw ...". Track listings *UK cassette single Indolent SLEEP 009MC #"What Do I Do Now?" – 3:41 #"Paint Me"– 3:25 *UK 7-inch single Indolent SLEEP 009 *UK CD1 Indolent SLEEP 009CD1 #"What Do I Do Now?" – 3:41 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in 2020, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist, Best British Male Artist. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Costello number 80 on its Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Costello began his career as part of London's Pub rock (United Kingdom), pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement that emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s. His critically acclaimed debut album ''My Aim Is True'' was released in 1977. Shortly after recording it, he formed the Attractions as his backing band. His second album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Written By Louise Wener
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composers fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeper (band) Songs
A sleeper is a person who is sleeping. Sleeper may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Characters * Sleeper (Marvel Comics), a Nazi German robot utilized by the Red Skull in Marvel Comics * The Sleeper (Wild Cards), a character in the Wild Cards science fiction series who periodically hibernates, awakening each time in a new body Films * ''Sleeper'' (1973 film), a Woody Allen film * ''Sleeper'' (2005 film), an Austrian/German film * ''Sleeper'' (2012 film), an action/thriller film starring Scott "Raven" Levy and Bruce Hopkins * ''The Sleeper'' (2000 film), a British television crime drama film * ''The Sleeper'' (2012 film), an American horror film Television * "Sleeper (Space Ghost Coast to Coast)", an episode of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' Episodes * "Sleeper" (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''), 2002 * "Sleeper" (''Modern Family''), 2014 * "Sleeper" (''Roseanne''), 1994 * "Sleeper" (''Smallville''), 2008 * "Sleeper" (''Torchwood''), 2008 * "Sleeper", an episode of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Singles
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The Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA. The Chart Information Network (CIN) took over as compilers of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
"(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" is a song by the American band Blondie, from their 1978 album ''Plastic Letters''. Written by recently departed Blondie bassist Gary Valentine, the song was based on the telepathic connections that Valentine believed he experienced with his girlfriend, journalist Lisa Jane Persky, while on tour. Though Valentine had left the band, drummer Clem Burke convinced the band to record the song for ''Plastic Letters''. "Presence, Dear" was released in 1978 as the second single from ''Plastic Letters'', reaching number 10 in the UK singles chart in May 1978. It was never released as a single in the US. The song has since seen critical acclaim and has been ranked by some music writers as one of the band's best songs. Background It was written by Blondie bass player Gary Valentine for his then-girlfriend, the actress and journalist Lisa Jane Persky, before his departure from the band. Valentine had also written the band's first single, "X Offen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
