The Everlasting (song)
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| "The Everlasting" | ||
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| Single by Manic Street Preachers | ||
| from the album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours | ||
| Released | November 30, 1998 | |
| Format | CD, cassette | |
| Recorded | ? | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 6:09 | |
| Label | Epic | |
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| Manic Street Preachers singles chronology | ||
| "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (1998) |
"The Everlasting" (1998) |
"You Stole The Sun From My Heart" (1999) |
"The Everlasting" was released by Manic Street Preachers on November 30, 1998 and is the second single to be released from the This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours. All three members of the band - James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire - share the writing credits. Nicky Wire borrowed the title from a poem by his brother Patrick Jones, after spending some time trying to think of something similar to Blur's "The Universal" or Joy Division's "The Eternal".
The original release included "Black Holes For The Young" - a duet with Sophie Ellis-Bextor which is a criticism of London culture - and "Valley Boy", a song about Nicky Wire feeling homesick on tour. A second CD single featured remixes of The Everlasting - "Deadly Avenger Mix" and "Stealth Sonic Orchestra Mix".
The promotional video that accompanied the song was censored due to the fact that it contained people on fire. The original version was considered insensitive as the release of the single coincided with the well publicised inquest into the death of a man who had burnt alive. Two versions of the video were therefore produced - one with computer generated flames, one without. The video was filmed at Euston Station in London.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] CD1
- "The Everlasting"
- "Black Holes for the Young" (Ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor)
- "Valley Boy"
[edit] CD2
- "The Everlasting"
- "The Everlasting (Deadly Avenger Mix)"
- "The Everlasting (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix)"
| Manic Street Preachers |
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Band members: James Dean Bradfield - Nicky Wire - Sean Moore |
| Former members: Flicker (Miles Woodward) - Richey James Edwards |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Generation Terrorists - Gold Against the Soul - The Holy Bible - Everything Must Go - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours - Know Your Enemy - Lifeblood |
| EPs: New Art Riot - Life Becoming a Landslide - God Save the Manics |
| Compilations: Forever Delayed - Lipstick Traces |
