"Charity" is a song by

Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie are a British rock band whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums and percussion). Skunk Anansie formed in 1994, disbanded in 2 ...

, released as their third single on 21 August 1995 and re-released on 15 April 1996. The original release reached number 40 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

while the re-release reached number 20. In Iceland, the song became the band's first of three number-one singles. When re-released, two new CDs were made available. CD1 contains live versions of " I Can Dream" and "Punk by Numbers", and CD2 includes live versions of tracks from ''

Paranoid & Sunburnt ''Paranoid & Sunburnt'' is the debut studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1995 via One Little Indian Records. It was re-released in 2005 with a DVD featuring the videos to the singles. This album was recorded with ...

''.

Music video

The music video was directed by David Mould. Stills of the music video were used as covers for the single.

Track listings

Original release CD single Re-release CD single: CD1 Re-release CD single: CD2 10-inch vinyl

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

Skunk Anansie songs 1995 singles 1995 songs Number-one singles in Iceland One Little Indian Records singles Songs written by Len Arran Songs written by Skin (musician) {{1990s-single-stub