"Strange Glue" is a song by Welsh rock group

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. Written by guitarist Owen Powell, it was the band's fourth single to be released from '' International Velvet'' and charted at 11 on the

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. As a solo artist, lead singer

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later sang "Strange Glue" merged with the song "Galway Shawl" in concert.

B-side

The single's

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, "That's All Folks", was originally intended for the '' International Velvet'' album and had appeared on promo copies around the time of "

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", but it was later replaced by "My Selfish Gene" as the album's closer. The song is a scathing attack on

's American label,

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, written in 1997 when the band feared that they were to be dropped by the label or were to split up.

Track listings

UK CD single # "Strange Glue" # "

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" (live from the

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) # "That's All Folks" UK cassette and limited-edition 7-inch red vinyl single # "Strange Glue" # "That's All Folks"

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single inlay. Studio * Recorded at

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s ( Rockfield, Wales) Personnel *

Owen Powell Owen Powell (born 1967) is a Welsh guitarist. He played in the Welsh rock band Catatonia from 1995 until the band disbanded in 2001. Career Catatonia Powell joined Catatonia in 1995 as a second guitarist. He went on to write for the band, includ ...

– writing * Catatonia – writing, production * Tommy D – production, mixing * Roland Herrington – mixing * Joe Gibb – engineering * Jason Harris – assistant engineering * Stylorouge – design and art direction * FTP – digital imaging *

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– photography * Nigel Schermuly – TV photography

Charts

References

1998 singles 1998 songs Blanco y Negro Records singles Catatonia (band) songs {{1990s-rock-song-stub