"Crank" is a song by English
alternative rock
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band
Catherine Wheel
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* wheel or breaking wheel, an instrument of torturous execution originally associated with Saint Catherine of Alexandria
* Catherine wheel (firework), a firework that rotates when lit
Arts and entertainment
* Cather ...
, released 28 June 1993 by
Fontana Records. It was the first single from their 1993 album ''
Chrome''. The song remains one of the most popular songs from Catherine Wheel.
The song reached No. 66 on the
UK Singles Chart
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Official Charts Company - The Catherine Wheel
OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 2010-10-08. and No. 5 in the US on ''Billboard'''s Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Track listing
** UK 12" vinyl picture disc
**# "Crank" – 3:46
**# "Black Metallic" ( Peel Session 1991) – 7:55
**# "Painful Thing" (Peel Session 1991) – 5:52
** Netherlands CD single
**# "Crank" – 3:45
**# "Come Back Again" – 4:24
** UK CD single 1
**# "Crank" – 3:45
**# "La La Lala La" – 5:26
**# "Pleasure" – 5:22
**# "Tongue Twisted" – 4:50
** UK CD single 2
**# "Crank" – 3:45
**# "La La Lala La" – 5:26
**# "Something Strange" – 1:46
** UK CD single 3
**# "Crank" – 3:45
**# "Pleasure" – 5:22
**# "Tongue Twisted" – 4:50
** UK cassette single (same two tracks on each side)
**# "Crank" – 3:45
**# "Come Back Again" – 4:24
Personnel
;Catherine Wheel
*Rob Dickinson
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– vocals, guitar
*Brian Futter – vocals, guitar
*Dave Hawes – bass
*Neil Sims – drums, percussion
Charts
References
1993 singles
1993 songs
Fontana Records singles
Song recordings produced by Gil Norton
Catherine Wheel songs
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