| "Cannonball" | ||||
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| Single by The Breeders | ||||
| from the album Last Splash | ||||
| B-side | "Cro-Aloha" "Lord of the Thighs" "900" |
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| Released | August 9, 1993 | |||
| Format | 12", CD maxi | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | 4AD/Elektra | |||
| Writer(s) | Kim Deal | |||
| Producer | Kim Deal Mark Freegard |
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"Cannonball" is a song by The Breeders from their 1993 album Last Splash. It was released as a single on August 9, 1993 on 4AD/Elektra Records, reaching #44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and #40 in the UK Singles Chart. It was released in France in November 1993, where it remained charted for 30 weeks, peaking at #8.
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The music video for "Cannonball" was directed by Kim Gordon and Spike Jonze.[1] It features the band in a garage, and the Deal sisters in what seems to be a dressing room trashed with clothes, sitting in a chair together. There are also shots of a cannonball rolling down suburban streets, as well as a shot of Kim Deal singing underwater.
In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Cannonball" at number 22 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. It ranked #83 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s". Cannonball was featured in a preview for South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, in the film Moonlight and Valentino and also appeared in the introduction of the motion picture A Walk to Remember (2002) as well as in the heist scene of the 2001 film Sugar & Spice plus it was the original score to the infamous pants skit on MTV's sketch comedy show The State (due to music licensing issues, The State were forced to record a sound-alike song for the DVD of their complete series) and was also on the third season in episode 3 in "Misfits".
In September 2010 Pitchfork Media included the song at number 22 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s.[2]
"Cro-Aloha" is a demo version of "No Aloha" from Last Splash.
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified | Physical sales |
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| France[3] | Silver | December 21, 1994 | 125,000 | 210,000[4] |
| Chart (1993/94) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Mega Top 100[5] | 35 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart[5] | 8 |
| UK Singles Chart[6] | 40 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] | 44 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7] | 32 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[7] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[7] | 39 |
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