Supergrass – Alright
On 3 July 1995 Parlophone released Alright as a double A-side with Time, and the single opened at number two in Britain.
Coldplay – Square One
A three-note figure comes first, close to Strauss and Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Then Will Champion's drums come in, Guy Berryman's bass gets thicker, and Chris Martin's vocal sits in a mix made for headphones and for stadiums.
Gaz Coombes – Long Live The Strange
Bright indie-rock guitars, a chorus built to shout, and just enough of a glam edge under the clean sound. Long Live The Strange landed on 28 November 2022 as a single ahead of Turn The Car A…
Green Day – American Idiot
Green Day released American Idiot as a single on 6 August 2004, the first song of an album they wrote after the masters of another record were stolen.
Hole – Celebrity Skin
Hole released Celebrity Skin on 31 August 1998, the first single from the album of the same name, written by Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson and Billy Corgan.
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Forest Fire
On 17 August 1984, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions released Forest Fire on Polydor, the second single from Rattlesnakes.
Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers
On 21 January 2011, Lykke Li released I Follow Rivers, the second single from Wounded Rhymes, produced by Björn Yttling.
Supergrass – Time
Time shared the July 1995 single with Alright, a slower blues cut at Sawmills while the rest of I Should Coco was still racing.
Afterlife Interview with Sid Vicious
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Coldplay – What If
A plain piano figure, then Chris Martin asking the blunt question: what if you decide you don't want me there. What If sits second on X&Y (2005), right after the opener Square One.