Kevin Carter (song)

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“Kevin Carter”
“Kevin Carter” cover
Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album Everything Must Go
Released September 30, 1996
Format CD, cassette
Recorded  ?
Genre Rock
Length 3:25 (Edit)
Label Epic
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
"Everything Must Go"
(1996)
"Kevin Carter"
(1996)
"Australia"
(1996)

"Kevin Carter", released by Manic Street Preachers in 1996 (see 1996 in music), was the third single from their Everything Must Go album. Its subject was the 1994 Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, Kevin Carter.

The CD included "Horses Under Starlight", "Sepia" and "First Republic", while the cassette included an acoustic version of "Everything Must Go".

The song reached number nine in the UK charts on October 12, 1996 giving them a third straight top ten hit. It also made an appearance as track number nine on Forever Delayed, the band's greatest hits album released in November 2002.

The song's lyrics were written solely by missing member Richey Edwards.

The B-side, "Sepia", is a reference to the final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where the two main characters are shown in freeze frame, which then is colourised to sepia tone.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD1

  1. "Kevin Carter"
  2. "Horses Under Starlight" [instrumental]
  3. "Sepia"
  4. "First Republic"

[edit] CD2

  1. "Kevin Carter" - 3:26
  2. "Kevin Carter (Bust Loose)" - 7:45
  3. "Kevin Carter (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix)" - 6:40
  4. "Kevin Carter (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Soundtrack)" - 6:37

[edit] MC

  1. "Kevin Carter"
  2. "Everything Must Go (Acoustic version)"