Coax Me

"Coax Me"
Single by Sloan
from the album Twice Removed
Released	1994
Genre	Indie rock
Length	3:26
Label	Geffen Records, murderecords
Songwriter(s)	Chris Murphy, Sloan
Sloan singles chronology
"I Am the Cancer" (1993) "Coax Me" (1994) "Penpals" (1994)
Music video
"Coax Me" on YouTube

"Coax Me" is a song by Canadian rock band Sloan. It was released as the lead single of their second album Twice Removed . The song peaked at #30 on the Canadian RPM Singles Chart, spending 12 weeks in the top 100. ^{[1] [2]} It was also featured on Sloan's compilation album, A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005 .

Content

Chris Murphy has stated that "Coax Me" is "an allegory type song about the difference between being on a major label and playing just for yourself". ^[3]

The song references the industrial band Consolidated in its lyrics, later stating 'It's not the band I hate / it's their fans'. Murphy clarified this line was not in reference to fans Consolidated but rather, fans of Kate Bush. Sloan co-vocalist Jay Ferguson contributed the line after encountering several classmates who were overzealous in their Kate Bush fandom. ^[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM )	30

References

1. Top Singles - Volume 60, No. 12, October 10 1994 Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine , RPM . Retrieved 2009-04-15.
2. Top Singles - Volume 60, No. 16, November 07 1994 Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine , RPM . Retrieved 2009-04-15.
3. "Sloan" (PDF). March 2, 1995. p. 17. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
4. "Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1389: Chris Murphy and Steven Page". 2023-12-11.