"Nice Guy Eddie" is a song by English

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band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. It was the third single to be released from their second album, '' The It Girl''. It peaked at number 10 on the

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. While the tracks from '' The It Girl'' were being demoed, several tracks had working titles based on characters from ''

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'': Nice Guy Eddie is the only one that kept that name. A segment of the song was used by BBC Wales for the intro and outro music for their coverage of the FAW Invitational Cup in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Track listings

*UK CD single Indolent SLEEP 013CD *EU CD single BMG 74321 40149-2 #"Nice Guy Eddie" – 3:23 #"Pokerface" – 3:30 #"Blazer Sleeves" – 2:50 *UK 7" single Indolent SLEEP 013 *UK cassette single Indolent SLEEP 013MC #"Nice Guy Eddie" – 3:23 #"Inbetweener (live)" – 3:55 #"Inbetweener" (featuring

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Comprehensive charts

References

External links

"Nice Guy Eddie" music video

Sleeper @ BBC Music

Sleeper release discography @ We Heart Music
1996 singles 1996 songs Sleeper (band) songs Song recordings produced by Stephen Street Songs written by Louise Wener {{1990s-single-stub