Filmstar

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"Filmstar"
"Filmstar" cover
Single by Suede
from the album Coming Up
Released August 7, 1997
Format CD
Recorded 1996
Genre Britpop
Length 3:25
Label Nude Records
Producer(s) Ed Buller, Ian Caple
Chart positions
Suede singles chronology
"Lazy"
(1997)
"Filmstar"
(1997)
"Electricity"
(1999)

Filmstar is the fifth and final single off the album Coming Up by Suede, released on April 7, 1996 on Nude Records. The single also hit the top 10, thus making all five singles from Coming Up top ten hits, a rare feat for any band. The live tracks on CD2 are performed with Neil Tennant. "Lazy was produced by Ed Buller, while "Graffiti Women" and "Duchess" were produced by Ian Caple.

The video for the title song was directed by Zowie Broach, and features the band performing to a crowd.

[edit] Single track listings

[edit] CD1

  1. "Filmstar" (Anderson/Oakes)
  2. "Graffiti Women" (Anderson)
  3. "Duchess" (Anderson/Codling)

[edit] CD2

  1. "Filmstar" (Anderson/Oakes)
  2. "Rent [live]" (Tennant/Lowe)
  3. "Saturday Night [live]" (Anderson/Oakes)