"Second Nature" is a song by

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, released as the group's seventh single. It has an autobiographical lyric by Sumner''Blah Blah Blah'', July 1996 which concerns his youth and growing up, while the music has a groovy shuffle which contrasts with the stricter

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tracks on its parent album ''

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''. "Second Nature" reached #35 on the

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Releases

"Second Nature" was first released in the

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as a CD

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of DJ

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es in October 1996, then issued commercially by

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in the UK and by

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the following February on two CDs and

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. Each format had a different photograph on its cover. Unlike every other commercial Electronic single, no

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was made for "Second Nature", although it was promoted by live performances on ''

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'' and '' Later... with Jools Holland''. Its primary

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"Turning Point" is an

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dance track that includes drum loops and

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vocals. The other track on the first CD was the 12" remix of third single " Feel Every Beat", which had not been released in Britain on Compact Disc before. The second CD featured three remixes, by Markus Schulz and C. I. McSpadden ("Plastik Mix" and "Trance Atlantic Dub") and Richie Santana ("Sweet Remix"). Apart from the "Trance Atlantic Dub" and an edited version of the "Plastik Vox" mix, none of the remixes on the American maxi single have been made commercially available, and the item is extremely rare. Designed at Fluid by Lee Basford and James Glover, Midge Wrighton from Albrighton, England was the original photographer for Electronic - "Second Nature" (1996). He died on 27 December 1999.

Track listings

UK CD1/EU CD

# "Second Nature" # "Turning Point" # "Feel Every Beat" (12" remix)

UK CD2

# "Second Nature" # "Second Nature" (Plastik Mix) # "Second Nature" (Trance Atlantic Dub) # "Second Nature" (Sweet Remix)

UK MC

# "Second Nature" # "Turning Point"

UK/US promo CD

# "Second Nature" (edit) * The edits on each CD were different.

US maxi single

# Journey Mix Radio Edit # Extended Journey Mix # Modern Mix Radio Edit # Extended Modern Mix # Plastik Vox # Trance Atlantic Dub # Edge Factor Dub # Alternative Dub

References

External links

feel every beat (unofficial website)

Electronic (band) songs 1996 singles 1997 singles Songs written by Bernard Sumner Songs written by Johnny Marr 1996 songs Parlophone singles {{1990s-rock-song-stub