"Sound" is a song written by
Jim Glennie,
Larry Gott
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Within the band Gott mainly played guitar and provided backing vocals, but also featured on ...
, and
Tim Booth
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, recorded by Manchester band
James
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for their fourth studio album, ''
Seven'' (1992). Clocking in at over six and a half minutes on the album, the song was shortened considerably for the single version. The CD release featured both the album and the single version, along with a dub remix of "
Come Home" and an original song called "All My Sons".
Released in November 1991 as the album's first single, it reached 9 on the
UK Singles Chart
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, becoming the second of the group's three top-10 hits. Apart from "
Sit Down", "Sound" is the band's only song to enter the top 30 of the
Irish Singles Chart, and it also peaked at No. 4 in Portugal and No. 28 in Australia.
Track listings
UK 7-inch and cassette single
# "Sound"
# "All My Sons"
UK and Australian CD single
# "Sound" (7-inch edit)
# "Come Home" (
Youth
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Pressure mix)
# "All My Sons"
# "Sound" (full version)
UK 12-inch single
:A1. "Sound" (full version)
:A2. "Sound" (edit)
:B1. "Come Home" (Youth Pressure dub mix)
:B2. "All My Sons"
Charts
References
1991 singles
1991 songs
Fontana Records singles
James (band) songs
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