Coma (Pendulum song)

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"Coma"
Coma by Pendulum.png
Single by Pendulum
from the album 3 Knocks
ReleasedJuly 1997 (1997-07)
Genre Ambient house
Length6:46
Label Vicious Vinyl
Songwriter(s) Julian Werner, Noel Michaelovich
Producer(s) Pendulum
Pendulum singles chronology
"Awesome Party/Insecurity"
(1995)
"Coma"
(1997)

"Coma" is a song by Australian ambient house group, Pendulum and released in July 1997 as the third and final single from the group's album, 3 Knocks . "Coma" peaked at number 46 on the ARIA Charts and featured in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997.

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, the song won Best Dance Release. [1]

The song contains the lyrics "Hug me till you drug me honey; Kiss me till I'm in a Coma", from the novel Brave New World and from Natural Born Killers, [2] and the lines "Ever since I was born, I've been trained to serve you" and "Am I not all you dreamed I would be?" from the film "Coming to America The song also Samples a sound from the film A Clockwork Orange, the "Doorbell ring", after the home invasion."

Track listing

CD Maxi (VV12032CD)
No.TitleLength
1."Coma"6:46
2."Ever Since I Was Born" (Drum and Bass Mix)7:11
3."I Am Not" (Arden's Big Blue Remix)9:17
4."Coma" (Sgt Slick's Trakattack)7:50 co
5."Coma" (Vicious Remix)9:26
6."Coma" (edit)4:32
7."Coma" (Vicious remix edit)4:29

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 46

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References

  1. "ARIA Awards 2007: Winners by Year". ARIA. 1997. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  2. Coma (CD). Pendulum. Vicious Vinyl. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. "Pendulum – Coma". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 26 March 2020.