Suckerpunch (single)

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“Suckerpunch”
“Suckerpunch” cover
Single by The Wildhearts
Released June, 1994
Format CD, 10", MC
Genre Rock
Label East West
The Wildhearts singles chronology
Caffeine Bomb
(1994)
Suckerpunch
(1994)
If Life Is Like A Lovebank I Want An Overdraft / Geordie in Wonderland
(1995)

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Suckerpunch"
  2. "Beautiful Thing You"
  3. "Two-Way Idiot Mirror"
  4. "29 x The Pain" (see below)

[edit] "29 x The Pain"

Arguably the fans' favourite Wildhearts song (derived from Hüsker Dü's song "59 Times the Pain"), is about the uplifting effect music has on a fan and is an homage to Ginger's influences, namechecking The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Starz, Big Black, the Queen album Sheer Heart Attack, Cheap Trick, The Clash album London Calling, Jason And The Scorchers, Stiff Little Fingers, Blue Öyster Cult, Kiss, Heart, The Damned, Twisted Sister and Kurt Cobain. The song was re-recorded in 1996 with the line about Kurt Cobain replaced with a reference to Richey James Edwards. The relevance of the number "29" has caused a great deal of speculation- the most likely explanations being that Ginger was 29 when he wrote it and that when the Wildhearts songs are listed in order of their release and track listing, the song is indeed the 29th Wildhearts song.

The song has been covered by German punk band Gigantor on their 2001 album Back to the Rockets

The Wildhearts

Band members: Ginger - C.J.(Chris Jaghdar) - Scott Sorry - Ritch Battersby

Former members: Danny McCormack - Andrew "Stidi" Stidolph - Mark Keds - Jef Streatfield - Jon Poole - Bam Bam - Devin Townsend
Discography
Studio Albums: Earth Vs The Wildhearts - Fishing for Luckies - P.H.U.Q. - Endless Nameless - The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed - The Wildhearts - Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before, Vol 1.


Singles and EPs: Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go - Don’t Be Happy…Just Worry - Greetings From Shitsville - TV Tan E.P. - Caffeine Bomb - Suckerpunch - If Life Is Like A Lovebank I Want An Overdraft / Geordie in Wonderland - I Wanna Go Where The People Go - Just in Lust - Sick of Drugs - Red Light - Green Light E.P. - Anthem - Urge - Vanilla Radio - Stormy In The North, Karma In The South - So Into You - Top of the World- The Sweetest Song- The New Flesh


Compilations: The Best of The Wildhearts - Anarchic Airwaves - Landmines And Pantomimes - Moodswings And Roundabouts - Anthem: The Single Tracks - Riff After Riff After Motherfucking Riff - Coupled With - The Works


Live Albums: Tokyo Suits Me - The Wildhearts Strike Back -Geordie in Wonderland