"Weatherman" is the debut single by the

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band

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, the precursor to

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and

Damien Rice Damien George Rice (born 7 December 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He began his career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper, who were signed to Polygram Records in 1997. The band enjoyed moderate success i ...

. It was released on 30 January 1998 and spent seven weeks in the

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after entering on 5 February, breaking into the Top 10 and achieving a peak of ninth position. "Weatherman" was released on the

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label. It featured two B-sides, "Little Sister" and "Rage", the latter of which was recorded at Sulan Studios in

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and the former of which was recorded at

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along with "Weatherman". It also featured as the sixth track in a ten-track compilation given away by ''

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'' to promote the

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festival that year.

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signed a six-album deal with the band around this time.

Track listing

*CDS 469344/2 # "Weatherman" - (3:51) # "Little Sister" - (3:25) # "Rage" - (3:18)

Chart performance

References

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External links

Juniper discography
at Irish Music Central 1998 singles Juniper (band) songs 1998 songs Mercury Records singles Songs written by Damien Rice Songs written by Paul Noonan Songs written by Brian Crosby (composer) Songs written by David Geraghty