Tsunami (song)

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“Tsunami”
“Tsunami” cover
Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
Released July 5, 1999
Format CD, cassette
Recorded  ?
Genre Rock
Length 3:51
Label Epic
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
"You Stole the Sun from My Heart"
(1999)		 "Tsunami"
(1999)		 "The Masses Against the Classes"
(1999)

"Tsunami" was released by Manic Street Preachers on July 5, 1999 and was the fourth single to be released from the This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours. All three members of the band - James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire - share the writing credits.

The song was inspired by The Silent Twins, June and Jennifer Gibbons, who gave up speaking when they were young, became involved in crime and ended up being sent to Broadmoor Hospital.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD1

  1. "Tsunami" - 3:50
  2. "Buildings For Dead People" - 5:30
  3. "A Design for Life (video)"

[edit] CD2

  1. "Tsunami" - 3:50
  2. "Tsunami (Cornelius Remix)"
  3. "Tsunami (Stereolab's Electron Ray Tube Mix)"

[edit] Cassette

  1. "Tsunami" - 3:50
  2. "Motown Junk (live medley)"

[edit] External links

v • d • e
Manic Street Preachers
James Dean Bradfield • Nicky Wire • Sean Moore
Flicker (Miles Woodward)  • Richey James Edwards
Studio albums
"Generation Terrorists" (1992) • "Gold Against the Soul" (1993) • "The Holy Bible" (1994) • "Everything Must Go" (1996) • "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours" (1998) • "Know Your Enemy" (2001) • "Lifeblood" (2004) • "Send Away the Tigers" (2007)
Singles and EPs
"Suicide Alley" (1989) • "New Art Riot EP" (1990) • "Motown Junk" (1991) • "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" (1991) • "Feminine Is Beautiful" (1991) • "Stay Beautiful" (1991) • "Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat" (1991) • "You Love Us" (1991) • "Slash 'N' Burn" (1992) • "Motorcycle Emptiness" (1992) • "Little Baby Nothing" (1992) • "Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)" (1992) • "From Despair To Where" (1993) • "La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)" (1993) • "Roses In The Hospital" (1993) • "Life Becoming A Landslide EP" (1994) • "Faster/P.C.P." (1994) • "Revol" (1994) • "She Is Suffering" (1994) • "A Design for Life" (1996) • "Everything Must Go" (1996) • "Kevin Carter" (1996) • "Australia" (1996) • "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (1998) • "The Everlasting" (1998) • "You Stole The Sun From My Heart" (1999) • "Tsunami" (1999) • "The Masses Against The Classes" (2000) • "Found That Soul" (2001) • "So Why So Sad" (2001) • "Ocean Spray" (2001) • "Let Robeson Sing" (2001) • "There By The Grace Of God" (2002) • "The Love Of Richard Nixon" (2004) • "Empty Souls" (2005) • "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" (2007) • "Autumnsong" (2007) • "Indian Summer" (2007)
Promos
"UK Channel Boredom" (1990) • "God Save The Manics EP" (2005) • " Underdogs" (2007) • "Ghost Of Christmas" (2007)
Other releases
"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (1995)  • "Know Our B-Sides" (2001)  • Leviathan" (2005)  • "The Instrumental" (2006) • "Umbrella" (2008)
Compilation albums
"Forever Delayed" (2002) • "Lipstick Traces" (2003)
Box Sets
Videos
"Everything Live" (1997) • "Leaving the 20th Century" (2000) • "Louder Than War" (2001) • "Forever Delayed" (2002)
Official book
"Forever Delayed" (2002)
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