Some Kind of Nothingness

Some Kind of Nothingness is a song by Manic Street Preachers and the second single from their tenth album Postcards from a Young Man. It features Echo & the Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch. The single entered the UK singles chart at #44,^[1] making it the first ever Manics single to not make the Top 40 since they signed to Sony in 1991.

Music video

To promote the single the band performed the song on Strictly Come Dancing.^[2] The music video features James Dean Bradfield and Ian McCulloch walking around Cardiff and Liverpool. It makes heavy use of the split screen technique.'^[3] An alternate video was posted on the Manics official website on 8 December, which was directed by both Nicky Wire and his brother Patrick Jones.

Track listing

CD 1

"Some Kind of Nothingness" – 3:49
"Broken Up Again" – 3:27
"Red Rubber" – 2:57
"Evidence Against Myself" – 3:00

CD 2

"Some Kind of Nothingness" – 3:49
"Slow Reflections/Strange Delays" – 2:44

(Manics website exclusive format)

7" single

"Some Kind of Nothingness"
"Time Ain't Nothing"^[4]

Digital download

"Some Kind of Nothingness" (BBC Live Version) – 3:43
"Some Kind of Nothingness" – 3:49
"Masses Against the Classes" (Live from Newport Centre) – 3:29
"Sleepflower" (Live from Manchester Apollo) – 4:59
"Yes" (Live from Manchester Apollo) – 4:45

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[5]	44

References

↑ "Manic Street Preachers | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
↑ Power, Martin (17 October 2010). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press.
↑ Nathan Bevan (22 July 2009). "Manics signal new direction for next album". WalesOnline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
↑ ""
↑ "Manic Street Preachers - Official Single Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 1, 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Manic Street Preachers

James Dean Bradfield Sean Moore Nicky Wire Miles Woodward Richey Edwards

Studio albums	Generation Terrorists Gold Against the Soul The Holy Bible Everything Must Go This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Know Your Enemy Lifeblood Send Away the Tigers Journal for Plague Lovers Postcards from a Young Man Rewind the Film Futurology

Compilation albums	Forever Delayed Lipstick Traces National Treasures – The Complete Singles

EPs	New Art Riot E.P. Life Becoming a Landslide E.P.

Singles	"Suicide Alley" "Motown Junk" "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" "Stay Beautiful" "Love's Sweet Exile"/"Repeat" "You Love Us" "Slash 'n' Burn" "Motorcycle Emptiness" "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" "Little Baby Nothing" "From Despair to Where" "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" "Roses in the Hospital" "Faster" "Revol" "She Is Suffering" "A Design for Life" "Everything Must Go" "Kevin Carter" "Further Away" "Australia" "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" "The Everlasting" "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" "Tsunami" "The Masses Against the Classes" "Found That Soul" "So Why So Sad" "Ocean Spray" "Let Robeson Sing" "There by the Grace of God" "The Love of Richard Nixon" "Empty Souls" "Underdogs" "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" "Indian Summer" "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" "Some Kind of Nothingness" "Postcards from a Young Man" "This Is the Day" "Show Me the Wonder" "Anthem for a Lost Cause" "Walk Me to the Bridge" "Futurology"

Other songs	"4st 7lb" "Peeled Apples"

Video albums	Everything Live Leaving the 20th Century Louder Than War Forever Delayed

Related articles	Discography Music of Cardiff Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair

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