| "Angry Johnny" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Poe | ||||
| from the album Hello | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:18 | |||
| Label | Modern | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Poe, Ralph James Rice, Felix Cavaliere | |||
| Producer(s) | RJ Rice | |||
| Poe singles chronology | ||||
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"Angry Johnny" is the debut single by Poe, released in 1995 from her debut album Hello . The song received heavy radio airplay, and an accompanying music video was shown frequently on MTV.
Despite its success and positive critical reviews, "Angry Johnny" was the only commercial single released in Australia; however, a variety of promotional singles were released across the world. "Angry Johnny" was also included on the 1996 album Big Shiny Tunes .
Poe mentions Johnny again in her second album, Haunted , on the song "Dear Johnny".
"Angry Johnny" has a slow rhythm and, like much of Hello, incorporates layered vocal tracks. [1] The single was produced by Matt Sorum.
A "Full Band Version" of the song was also released, which was more acoustic than the album version and heavily featured cello.
Billboard praised the single, particularly the "fun and clever sexual euphemisms" of the lyrics. [2]
"Angry Johnny" peaked at #7 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. [3]
A two-second clip of "Angry Johnny" was included in the endpapers of the US hardcover version of Mark Z. Danielewski's novel House of Leaves , in the form of hexadecimal numbers that, when compiled in a hex editor, could be turned into an AIFF audio file. [4]
| Track | Title | Length | Lyrics | Audio clips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Angry Johnny | 04:16 | [ link] | - |
| 02 | Dolphin | 03:55 | [ link] | - |
| 03 | Angry Johnny (Band Version) | 04:50 | [ link] | - |
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Angry Johnny | Modern Rock Tracks | 7 |
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