Cold Fish (song)

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"Cold Fish"
Cold Fish vinyl cover.jpg
Vinyl cover artwork
Single by Queenadreena
from the album Taxidermy
B-side "Yesterday's Hymn"
Released1999 (1999)
Genre
Length2:09
Label Blanco y Negro
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ken Thomas
Queenadreena singles chronology
"X-ing Off the Days"
(1999)
"Cold Fish"
(1999)
"I Adore You"
(2000)

"Cold Fish" is a song by English alternative rock band Queenadreena, released as their lead single from their debut album Taxidermy (2000).

Contents

Release

"Cold Fish" was released as a CD single [1] as well as a limited edition 5" picture disc vinyl. [2] [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by KatieJane Garside and Crispin Gray.

No.TitleLength
1."Cold Fish"2:09
2."Yesterday's Hymn"3:06
Total length:5:15

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

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References

  1. Queenadreena (1999). Cold Fish. Blanco y Negro Records / Warner Music UK. NEG118CDDJ.
  2. Queenadreena (1999). Cold Fish. Blanco y Negro Records / Warner Music UK. NEG118CDX.
  3. "Queen Adreena: Cold Fish [5 inch Vinyl Picture Disc + CD]". Amazon. Retrieved 10 June 2018.