"Legacy" is a song by English rock band
Mansun
Mansun were an English alternative rock band, formed in Chester in 1995. The band comprised vocalist/rhythm guitarist Paul Draper, bassist Stove King, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dominic Chad, and drummer Andie Rathbone.
It was announc ...
. It was released as a single in 1998 from the group's album, ''
Six
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* The month of June
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'', and was the lead track on ''Eight EP''. It follows a similar template to many of the group's other hits and was also their highest-charting single, peaking at 7 in the
UK Singles Chart
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.
Overview
"Legacy" was released as the first single from Mansun's second album, ''Six''. It preceded the album by three months, but is somewhat unrepresentative of the overall sound of its parent album. It bears similarities with "
Wide Open Space
"Wide Open Space" is a song by Chester rock band Mansun, released as a single on 25 November 1996. The song was the lead track of ''Four EP''. The single's success led to alternative versions appearing on four of the next five Mansun singles. T ...
" and "
Closed for Business"; two of the band's most popular singles. The song references the
Marquis de Sade
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer famous for his literary depictions of a libertine sexuality as well as numerous accusat ...
. The song's name was later used as the title for the group's retrospective compilation ''
Legacy: The Best of Mansun'' in 2005. The closing refrain "Nobody cares when you're gone" were later reused as the title of a documentary about the group included on DVD editions of the ''Legacy: The Best of Mansun'' compilation.
The music video was directed by
Mike Mills
Michael Edward Mills (born December 17, 1958) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M. Though known primarily as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of R.E.M., hi ...
. After the controversial "
Taxloss
"Taxloss" (sometimes stylised as "Taxlo$$") is a song by the England, English alternative rock band Mansun. The song was written by band-leader Paul Draper (musician), Paul Draper. It was produced by Draper and mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent during se ...
" video, it is probably their most unconventional and well known video. The video parodies the group and others like themselves, sending up the clichés of male pop and rock bands and the experience of the music industry. The entirety of the video is performed by simplistic and jerkily animated puppets against unconvincing but humorous cardboard backdrops.
B-sides
The single was released in the final week of 1998 that allowed singles to have four tracks on each format. The new chart rules were instated the following week that meant that singles could only be eligible to chart with three tracks per format. The four-track
EP was nostalgically valued by many musicians; this compromised the Mansun releases, which had offered value and incentives to fans by cramming numerous B-sides on each format. For example, "Legacy" provided a wealth or a plethora of content depending on a person's disposition by having five original B-sides, a remix, two versions of "Legacy" and two acoustic re-recordings across the single's four formats.
After the instatement of the new chart rules, ineligible four-track EPs were released as statements by musicians; the premise was to elevate the material as being a whole as opposed to a commercial pop hit.
3 Colours Red's EP ''Paralyse'' (1998) and ''
Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?'' (2006) by
Arctic Monkeys
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are examples of the practice. The
chart rules were revised in October 2007 allowing four-track releases under the 'Maxi' name.
Track listings
Personnel
Mansun
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Dominic Chad
Dominic Chad (born 5 June 1972 in Exeter, Devon, England) is an English musician, formerly the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, arranger and co-writer of the rock band Mansun.
Biography Early days
Born in Exeter, Devon, Chad grew up in Maidston ...
– Guitar, Backing Vocals, Bass ("Spasm of Identity")
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Paul Draper – Vocals, Guitar
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Andie Rathbone
Andrew "Andie" Rathbone (born 8 September 1969 in Chester) is an English drummer and former member of the rock band Mansun.
Rathbone grew up in Blacon, Chester and played in various local bands including "The Wandering Quatrains" and "Jonti" a ...
– Drums
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Stove
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– Bass
Production
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Paul Draper – producer ("Legacy")
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Mark 'Spike' Stent
Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & The Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sh ...
– producer ("Legacy"), mixing ("Legacy", "Spasm of Identity", "Face in the Crowd"), recording ("Spasm of Identity", "Face in the Crowd")
* Mike Hunter – additional recording ("Legacy", "Face in the Crowd"), engineer ("Legacy"), recording ("Can't Afford to Die", "Check Under the Bed", "GSOH", "Wide Open Space (The Perfecto Remix)", "The Impending Collapse of It All (Acoustic)", "Ski Jump Nose (Acoustic)")
* Ian Grimble – mixing ("Can't Afford to Die", "Check Under the Bed", "GSOH", "The Impending Collapse of It All (Acoustic)", "Ski Jump Nose (Acoustic)")
* Ian Caple – recording ("Wide Open Space (The Perfecto Remix)")
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Paul Oakenfold
Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mass ...
and
Steve Osborne
Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2, Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Do ...
– additional production and remix ("Wide Open Space (The Perfecto Remix)")
* Danton Supple – remix engineer ("Wide Open Space (The Perfecto Remix)")
* Alex Sava – remix programmer ("Wide Open Space (The Perfecto Remix)")
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Pennie Smith
Pennie Smith (born in London) is an English photographer, known for her photography of the rock music industry. She specialises in black-and-white photography.
Early life
Smith attended art school in Twickenham in the late 1960s, studying gra ...
– photography
Charts
References
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1998 singles
Mansun songs
Songs written by Paul Draper (musician)