So Why So Sad

"So Why So Sad"
Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album Know Your Enemy
Released	26 February 2001
Format	CD, cassette
Recorded	2000
Genre	Alternative rock, lo-fi
Length	4:02
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	James Dean Bradfield Sean Moore Nicky Wire
Producer(s)	Dave Eringa
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
"Found That Soul" (2001) "So Why So Sad" (2001) "Ocean Spray" (2001)

"So Why So Sad" was released by Manic Street Preachers in 2001 and was jointly the first single to be released from the Know Your Enemy album. All three members of the band - James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire - share the writing credits. The song includes the line "a burnt down expressway to your skull" ^[1] - a reference to the final track on Sonic Youth's EVOL album, or maybe to a Buddy Miles song.

Surprisingly launched on the same day as "Found That Soul" this was the first sign of the Manics since the surprise number 1 hit "The Masses Against the Classes" thirteen months earlier.

It reached a highest UK chart position of number 8 on 10 March 2001, while "Found That Soul" reached number 9.^[2]

The CD also included versions of "Pedestal" and a remix of "So Why So Sad" by Australian outfit The Avalanches whereas the 7" included a live version of "You Stole the Sun from My Heart".

Less than 200 copies separated So Why So Sad from Found That Soul placing it 1 place higher at number 8.

Track listing

CD

1. "So Why So Sad" – 3:55
2. "So Why So Sad" (Sean Penn Mix - Avalanches) – 4:58
3. "Pedestal" – 4:50

MC

1. "So Why So Sad" - 4:02
2. "You Stole The Sun From My Heart" (live at Millennium Stadium 31 December 1999)

Charts

UK Chart Performance

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics