Sugar Kane

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"Sugar Kane"
"Sugar Kane" cover
Single by Sonic Youth
from the album Dirty
B-side(s) "The End Of The End Of The Ugly" multiple
Released February 1993
Format 10", 12", CD single
Genre Alternative rock
Label DGC
Writer(s) Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth singles chronology

"Youth Against Fascism"
(1992)

"Sugar Kane"
(1993)

"Drunken Butterfly"
(1993)

Sugar Kane was the third single from Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1993 on DGC.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

US version:

  1. "Sugar Kane" (edit) - 5:03
  2. "The Destroyed Room" - 3:25
  3. "Purr" (Mark Goodier version) - 4:22
  4. "The End Of The End Of The Ugly" - 4:12

UK version:

  1. "Sugar Kane" (edit) 5:03
  2. "Is It My Body" - 2:53
  3. "Personality Crisis" - 3:50
  4. "The End Of The End Of The Ugly" - 4:12

The US version has similar b-sides to "Youth Against Fascism", the UK version (CD and 10") has a similar track list to "Whores Moaning".

[edit] Music Video

The music video for Sugar Kane was directed by Nick Egan. The video is shot in New York City and portrays Sonic Youth performing in the midst of a fashion show showcasing "Grunge" clothing.

[edit] Singles chart

Year Single Chart Peak
1993 "Sugar Kane" UK Singles Chart No. 26

[edit] Trivia

  • Actress Chloë Sevigny is featured in the video, her first acting exposure.
  • The runway clothing featured in the video is from Marc Jacob's "Grunge Collection", Marc is also a close friend to Kim Gordon and the band.
Sonic Youth
Kim Gordon | Thurston Moore | Lee Ranaldo | Steve Shelley
Jim Sclavunos | Richard Edson | Bob Bert | Jim O'Rourke | Coco Hayley Gordon Moore
Discography
Albums Sonic Youth | Confusion Is Sex| Sonic Death | Bad Moon Rising | EVOL | Sister | The Whitey Album | Daydream Nation | Goo | Dirty | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love | Washing Machine | Made in USA | A Thousand Leaves | NYC Ghosts & Flowers | Murray Street | Sonic Nurse | Rather Ripped | The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities
Extended plays Kill Yr Idols | TV Shit | Silver Session for Jason Knuth | In the Fishtank
SYR series SYR1: Anagrama | SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom | SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo | SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century | SYR5 | SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui
Singles Death Valley '69 | Flower/Halloween | Flower/Satan Is Boring | Starpower | Into the Groove(y) | Teen Age Riot | Kool Thing | Disappearer | Dirty Boots | 100% | Youth Against Fascism | Sugar Kane | Drunken Butterfly | Bull in the Heather | Superstar | The Diamond Sea | Little Trouble Girl | Sunday
Video releases 1991: The Year Punk Broke | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love | Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990-2002
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