"For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)" is a song by American singer-songwriter
Pete Yorn produced and mixed by
Ken Andrews
Ken Andrews (born Kenneth Andrew Doty; June 18, 1967) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Andrews was born in Seattle, Washington, and attended film school in Los Angeles before his band Failure received a record dea ...
.
It appears on his 2001 album ''
Musicforthemorningafter'' and it was released as his first UK single. Some versions of the single feature an acoustic cover of "
Panic
Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reactio ...
" by
The Smiths.
Music video
The song's music video was added to rotation on
MTV
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for the week ending October 14, 2001.
That week, it also appeared in rotation on the
College Television Network and Chicago's JBTV.
For the week ending November 4, 2001, the music video ranked the 30th most-played video in MTV's rotation.
Commercial performance
In the ''Billboard'' issue dated November 10, "For Nancy" attained its peak of number 28 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart (since renamed Alternative Airplay).
It ultimately spent eight weeks on the chart.
The single also attained success on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart, with ''Billboard'' reporting in its September 15, 2001, issue that the song was "nearing the top of" the chart.
Track listing
# "For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)" – album version
# "Black" – live version taken from ''Live at the Roxy''
# "Panic" (Marr, Morrissey cover) / "Life on a Chain" – live version taken from ''Live at the Roxy''
# "For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)" – CD extra video
References
Pete Yorn songs
2001 singles
2001 songs
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