Reverend Black Grape
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| “Reverand Black Grape” | |||||
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| Single by Black Grape from the album It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah |
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| Released | July 1995 (UK) | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | 1995 | ||||
| Genre | Britpop | ||||
| Length | 5:13 | ||||
| Label | Radioactive Records, MCA Records | ||||
| Producer | Danny Saber | ||||
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"Reverend Black Grape" is a song released in June 1995 by UK band Black Grape. It was the first single taken from their debut album It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah, it peaked at #9 in the UK chart.
The song was co-producer by Danny Saber and Stephen Lironi. It was written by Shaun Ryder and released by Radioactive Records
[edit] Controversy
The song caused controversy when released because of it assertion that the Catholic church was in league with the Nazi's - "Oh Pope he got the Nazis, To clean up their messes, In exchange for gold and paintings, he gave them new addresses". In addition the song contains a brief audio clip of Adolf Hitler at one of his rallies. The lyrics also borrow from the traditional Hymn O come all ye faithful
[edit] Track Listing
CD Single
1. "Reverend Black Grape" - 5:13
2. "Reverend Black Grape (Dub Collar Mix)" - 5:45
3. "Reverend Black Grape (The Dark Side Mix)" - 4:46
CD Maxi Single
1. "Reverend Black Grape" - 5:13
2. "Straight Out Of Trumpton (Basement Tapes)" - 4:06
3. "Reverend Black Grape (The Dark Side Mix)" - 4:46
