"Ten Storey Love Song" is a song by English rock band the Stone Roses, released as the second single from their album, '' Second Coming'' (1994), on 27 February 1995. It was written by guitarist

John Squire Jonathan Thomas "John" Squire (born 24 November 1962)Larkin, Colin (ed.) (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave'', Virgin Books, is an English musician, songwriter and painter. He was the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock ba ...

. The song reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and spent three weeks on the chart. The

B-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record compan ...

s, "Moses" and "Ride On", were the last new songs released by the group until " All for One" was released in 2016.

Music video

A music video, directed by Sophie Muller, accompanied the single but the video was shot without the drummer,

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, who did not turn up. Only three members of the band (Squire,

Ian Brown Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English singer and multi-instrumentalist. He was the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses from their formation in 1983. Following the split in 1996, he began a solo career, re ...

and Mani) appear in the video although an unidentified man wearing a mask of Reni's face appears several times. Ian Brown did not turn up for the first day of the video shoot, this is reflected in the video when John Squire and Mani are watching footage of Ian Brown and Reni on a TV screen and look at their watches.

Track listings

7-inch vinyl and cassette (GFS 87; GFSC 87) # "Ten Storey Love Song" # "Ride On" 12-inch vinyl and CD (GFST 87; GFSTD 87) # "Ten Storey Love Song" # "Moses" # "Ride On"

Release history

References

External links

The Definitive Stone Roses Discography entry
1994 songs 1995 singles Geffen Records singles Music videos directed by Sophie Muller Song recordings produced by John Leckie Songs written by John Squire The Stone Roses songs {{1990s-single-stub