Slide Away (Verve song)
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| "Slide Away" | ||
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| Single by The Verve | ||
| from the album A Storm in Heaven | ||
| Released | 20 September 1993 | |
| Format | CD, 7" | |
| Genre | Psychedelic, Rock | |
| Length | 4:03 | |
| Label | Hut Records | |
| Producer(s) | John Leckie | |
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| The Verve singles chronology | ||
| "Blue" (1993) |
"Slide Away" (1993) |
"This Is Music" (1995) |
"Slide Away" was a single by the British rock band The Verve. It scraped the top 100 in the UK singles chart, peaking at #98. The song was taken from the band's first album proper, A Storm in Heaven. Although the single was not a success on the conventional charts, the song shot straight to the top of US Indie Rock charts throughout 1993, and due to the popularity of the song The Verve were invited onto the successful 90s alternative rock festival, Lollapalooza, in the following year, 1994. The tour was disastrous for the group as Ashcroft was hospitalised for dehydration, because of overdosing with ecstasy.
However, following this setback, The Verve's next hits charted between #20 and #40 up until 1997, when the world-acclaimed hit "Bittersweet Symphony" charted at #2.
In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Slide Away" at number 82 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
[edit] Track listing
CD Release
- "Slide Away" - 4:01
- "Make It 'Til Monday" (acoustic) - 2:45
- "Virtual World" (acoustic) - 4:47
7" Release
- "Slide Away" - 4:01
- "6 o'Clock" - 4:29
| The Verve |
| Nick McCabe | Richard Ashcroft | Simon Jones | Peter Salisbury | Simon Tong |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: A Storm in Heaven | A Northern Soul | Urban Hymns |
| EPs: Verve EP | Five by Five |
| Compilations: No Come Down | This is Music: The Singles 92-98 |
| Singles: "All in the Mind" | "She's a Superstar" | "Gravity Grave" | "Blue" | "Slide Away" | "This Is Music" | "On Your Own" | "History" | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | "The Drugs Don't Work" | "Lucky Man" | "Sonnet" |
| Tours: Gravity Grave Tour | Urban Hymns Tour |
| Related articles |
| Britpop | Hut Records | Chris Potter | The Shining | Cathy Davey | Gorillaz | B.J. Cole | Bernard Butler |
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