Beautiful Thing (The Stone Roses song)

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"Beautiful Thing"
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Single by the Stone Roses
Released9 June 2016
Genre
Length7:02
Label Virgin EMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Paul Epworth
The Stone Roses singles chronology
"All for One"
(2016)
"Beautiful Thing"
(2016)

"Beautiful Thing" is a song by English rock band the Stone Roses. [1] The track was first released on the band's YouTube channel, with a simple image of a green butterfly accompanying the track. [2] The 12" vinyl, limited to 6,000 copies (worldwide), was released on July 22, 2016. [3] This is their final single, prior to their second disbandment in 2017.

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Reception

The track was reviewed by the Guardian as "solid, rather than earth shattering" but "a substantial improvement on its predecessor", referring to the single "All for One". They also observed it included common Stone Roses touchstones, such as references to Jesus, portions of the song reversed and guitar solos treated with wah-wah. [4] Neil McCormick described the song as "seven minutes of splendid shuffling psychedelic monster acid rock funk" in a review for The Daily Telegraph . [5]

Track listing

MP3 digital download
  1. "Beautiful Thing" – 7:02
12" vinyl single
  1. "Beautiful Thing" – 7:02

Neither format includes B-sides. [3]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 61
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 21

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