"Sunday" is a song by American

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band

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. It was released in 1998 by record label Geffen as the first and only single from their 10th studio album, '' A Thousand Leaves''.

Release

"Sunday" was released on April 23, 1998 by record label Geffen as the first and only single from their 10th studio album, ''A Thousand Leaves''. It reached No. 72 in the

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. A different recording of the song was also featured on the soundtrack of the film ''

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''.

Content

The song's riff was 'borrowed' from

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's song "Skeleton". One of the single's

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, "

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", was originally by

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, who were friends of the band and appeared in the film '' 1991: The Year Punk Broke'' while touring with Sonic Youth.

Music video

The video for "Sunday" was directed by

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and starred

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and

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. The video made liberal use of slow- and fast-motion cameras and images of

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s dancing and Culkin playing a banjo and interacting with Miner.

Track listing

# "Sunday" (LP Version) – 4:52 # "

" – 3:04 (

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) # "Silver Panties" – 4:27 # "Sunday (Edit)" – 3:15

Chart positions

Notes

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