Covers (Placebo album)

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Covers
Placebo Covers.jpg
Compilation album by
Released22 September 2003
Genre Alternative rock
Length40:38
Label
Placebo chronology
Sleeping with Ghosts
(2003)
Covers
(2003)
Once More with Feeling
(2004)
Singles from Covers
  1. "Running Up that Hill"
    Released: 31 October 2006, 2007 (US)
No.TitleWriter(s)Other appearancesLength
1."Running Up That Hill" (originally recorded by Kate Bush;) Kate Bush recorded especially for the Covers disc released in 2003 [4] 4:57
2."Where Is My Mind?" (originally recorded by Pixies;) Black Francis previously appeared on the "This Picture" single released in 2003, but it had an introduction by a radio presenter3:44
3."Bigmouth Strikes Again" (originally recorded by The Smiths;) Johnny Marr/Steven Morrissey previously appeared on the single to "Nancy Boy" released in 19973:54
4."Johnny and Mary" (originally recorded by Robert Palmer;) Robert Palmer previously appeared on the "Taste in Men" single in 20003:25
5."20th Century Boy" (originally recorded by T. Rex;) Marc Bolan previously released on the soundtrack to the film Velvet Goldmine and also as a B-side on the "You Don't Care About Us" single in 19984:39
6."The Ballad of Melody Nelson"" (originally recorded by Serge Gainsbourg;) Serge Gainsbourg/Jean-Claude Vannier used on the Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited compilation album released in 20053:58
7."Holocaust" (originally recorded by Big Star;) Alex Chilton previously appeared on the "Slave to the Wage" single in 20004:27
8."I Feel You" (originally recorded by Depeche Mode;) Martin Gore previously released on a fan club-only cassette in 1999 and as a bonus track on the American edition of Black Market Music 6:26
9."Daddy Cool" (originally recorded by Boney M.;) Frank Farian/George Reyam previously appeared as a B-side on "The Bitter End" single in 20033:21
10."Jackie" (originally recorded by Sinéad O'Connor;) Sinéad O'Connor previously appeared as a B-side on the DVD edition of the "This Picture" single in 20032:48

References

  1. "Music – Review of Placebo – Covers". BBC. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. "PLACEBO | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. "Placebo / News". Placeboworld.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. "Placebo goes 'Running up That Hill,' reminds us they covered Kate Bush". Entertainment Weekly .