Darklands (song)

"Darklands" is a song by the Scottish rock band The Jesus & Mary Chain and the third single from their album of the same name, Darklands. It was released in October 1987 by Blanco y Negro Records on 7-inch vinyl, 10-inch vinyl, 12-inch vinyl and as a CD single. The 10-inch and the CD were entitled "E.P.".

The single reached number 33 on the UK Singles Chart and number 23 on the Irish Singles Chart.^[1]^[2] William Reid was the producer for all the tracks with Bill Price co-producing "Darklands" and John Loder co-producing "Rider", "On the Wall (Porta Studio Demo)", "Here It Comes Again" and "Surfin' U.S.A. (April out-take)".

Track listing

All tracks written by Jim Reid and William Reid, except where noted.

Cover of 12"

7" (NEG29)

"Darklands" – 5:23
"Rider" – 2:10
"On the Wall (Porta Studio Demo)" – 3:39

10" (NEG29TE) and CD single (NEG29CD) entitled "Darklands E.P."

"Darklands" – 5:23
"Rider" – 2:10
"Here It Comes Again" – 2:30
"On the Wall (Porta Studio Demo)" – 3:39

12" (NEG29T)

"Darklands" – 5:23
"Rider" – 2:10
"Surfin' U.S.A." (Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson) - 2:58
"On the Wall (Porta Studio Demo)" – 3:39

Personnel

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Jim Reid – vocals, guitar
William Reid – vocals, guitar, producer

Additional personnel

Bill Price – producer ("Darklands")
John Loder – producer ("Rider", "Here It Comes Again")
Linda Reid - design
Helen Backhouse - design

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[1]	33
Irish Singles Chart^[2]	23

References

1 2 "Darklands". Chart Stats. Retrieved on 9 December 2008.
1 2 "Search the Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved on 3 December 2008. NB: user needs to enter "darklands" in "Search by Song Title" and click "search".

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Jim Reid William Reid Mark Crozer Brian Young Phil King Murray Dalglish Dave Evans Bobby Gillespie Douglas Hart Ben Lurie Steve Monti Nick Sanderson Richard Thomas John Moore Loz Colbert

Studio albums	Psychocandy Darklands Automatic Honey's Dead Stoned & Dethroned Munki

Live albums	Live in Concert

Compilations	Barbed Wire Kisses The Sound of Speed Hate Rock 'n' Roll The Complete John Peel Sessions 21 Singles The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain The Complete Vinyl Collection

EPs	Some Candy Talking Happy When It Rains Darklands Rollercoaster The Peel Sessions Sound of Speed

Singles	"Upside Down" "Never Understand" "You Trip Me Up" "Just Like Honey" "April Skies" "Happy When It Rains" "Darklands" "Sidewalking" "Blues from a Gun" "Head On" "Reverence" "Far Gone and Out" "Almost Gold" "Sometimes Always" "Come On" "I Hate Rock 'n' Roll" "Cracking Up" "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"

Related articles	Discography Rollercoaster Tour Beautiful Noise

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