History (The Verve song)

"History"

Single by The Verve
from the album A Northern Soul
Released	18 September 1995
Format	CD, Cassette
Genre	Britpop, Rock
Length	5:28 (album version) 4:02 (radio edit)
Label	Hut Records
Producer(s)	Owen Morris, The Verve
Chart positions
#24 (UK Singles Chart)
The Verve singles chronology
"On Your Own" (1995)	"History" (1995)	"Bitter Sweet Symphony" (1997)

"History" is a song by British rock band The Verve, and is featured on their second album, A Northern Soul. It was released 18 September 1995 as the third and final single from the album charting at #24 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1995 in British music). The song is notable (aside from being released after the band's first break up) for being the first song by the group to feature a string accompaniment. This formula would later prove to be commercially successful for Urban Hymns (1997) singles such as "Bitter Sweet Symphony," "The Drugs Don't Work," and "Lucky Man".

The lyrics of the first section of the song are based on the first two stanzas of William Blake's poem, London.

[edit] Track listings

CD2

Discography
The Verve
Nick McCabe \| Richard Ashcroft \| Simon Jones \| Peter Salisbury \| Simon Tong
Studio albums: A Storm in Heaven \| A Northern Soul \| Urban Hymns
EPs: Verve EP \| FIve by Five
Compilations: No Come Down \| This is Music: The Singles 92-98
Singles: "All in the Mind" \| "She's a Superstar" \| "Gravity Grave" \| "Blue" \| "Slide Away" \| "This Is Music" \| "On Your Own" \| "History" \| "Bitter Sweet Symphony" \| "The Drugs Don't Work" \| "Lucky Man" \| "Sonnet"
Tours: Gravity Grave Tour \| Urban Hymns Tour
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