Linger (song)

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"Linger"
Single by The Cranberries
from the album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Released February 23, 1993
November 30, 1993 (re-release)
Format CD, 7", 12"
Recorded 1993
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:34
Label Island
Writer(s) Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan
Producer(s) Stephen Street
The Cranberries singles chronology

"Dreams"
(1992)		 "Linger"
(1993)		 "Zombie"
(1994)

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? track listing
Not Sorry
(6)		 Linger
(7)		 Wanted
(8)
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Alternate covers
USA cover (1993)
UK cover (1994 re-release)

"Linger" is a song composed by Irish musicians Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan of the rock band The Cranberries, released in 1993. The song, which has an acoustic arrangement featuring a string section, became the band's first major hit, peaking at #3 in the Republic of Ireland, #8[1] in the United States and #14 in the UK.

Content

In the documentary '99 Love Life & Rock 'n' Roll, O'Riordan says that the song is about her first serious kiss

Track listing

UK 7" single (1993)
  1. "Linger"
  2. "Reason"
UK 12" single / CD-single (1993)[2]
  1. "Linger" (single version) - 4:33
  2. "Reason" - 2:02
  3. "How" (Radical Mix) - 2:56
USA CD single (1993)[3]
  1. "Linger" - 4:34
  2. "Liar" - 2:21
  3. "Them" - 3:44
  4. "Reason" - 2:01
USA Cassette single[4]
  1. "Linger" - 4:34
  2. "How"
UK 7" single (1994 re-release)
  1. "Linger"
  2. "Pretty"
UK CD-single (1994 re-release)[5]
  1. "Linger" (LP version) - 4:33
  2. "Pretty" - 2:16
  3. "Waltzing Back" (Live at The Record Plant, Hollywood) - 4:01
  4. "Pretty" (Live at The Record Plant, Hollywood) - 2:11
USA 7" single[6]
  1. "Linger"
  2. "Dreams"

Charts

Chart (1993–94) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[ 1] 33
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 4
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[ 1] 38
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 14
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 18
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[8] 4
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[8] 7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 8

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
United States[9] Gold 26 January 1994 500,000

Covers

  • Brazilian TV host Angélica (famous for hit "Vou de Táxi") sang a cover version called "Se A Gente Se Entender" ("If We Understand Ourselves"). The song has a music video too.
  • Chicago punk band Screeching Weasel covered the song on their album Emo.
  • Kelly Clarkson has covered this song.
  • Collegiate a cappella group the Beelzebubs covered the song on their album Pandæmonium.
  • The Malaysian band called Estranged made a cover of this track to be included in their 2nd album 'Anugerah Hidup'.

References

  1. ↑ Billboard.com.
  2. ↑ Discogs, Linger UK 1993. CID 556, 864 863-2.
  3. ↑ Discogs, Linger USA 1993. 422-858 087-2.
  4. ↑ Linger (single)
  5. ↑ Discogs, Linger UK 1994. CID 559.
  6. ↑ Linger b/w Dreams
  7. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Billboard, Linger.
  9. ↑ RIAA certifications (Retrieved 29 September 2011)
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