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"Cancer for the Cure" | ||||
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Single by Eels | ||||
from the album Electro-Shock Blues | ||||
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Released | November 30, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Length | 4:45 | |||
Label | DreamWorks | |||
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"Cancer for the Cure" is a song by American rock band Eels. It was released as a single from their 1998 album Electro-Shock Blues .
The song peaked at number 60 in the UK Singles Chart. [1]
The song featured in the soundtrack to the 1999 film American Beauty .
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