Die Laughing (song)

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"Die Laughing"
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Single by Therapy?
from the album Troublegum
Released30 May 1994
Genre
Length2:51
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Andy Cairns, Fyfe Ewing, Michael McKeegan
Producer(s) Chris Sheldon
Therapy? singles chronology
"Trigger Inside"
(1994)
"Die Laughing"
(1994)
"Stories"
(1995)

"Die Laughing" is a song by rock band Therapy? released as a single on A&M Records on 30 May 1994. [2] It is featured on the Troublegum album. The single reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart, [3] and number 14 in the Irish Singles Chart. [4]

Contents

The single was released on CD, CD digipak, 12" vinyl, red 7" vinyl and cassette.

Therapy? performed this song live at the 1994 MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin, And was supposed to be played at the 1994 Mercury Music Prize Awards in London.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Die Laughing"2:51
2."Stop It You're Killing Me" (Live)3:40
3."Trigger Inside" (Live)4:03
4."Evil Elvis" (The Lost Demo)2:22

Live tracks recorded at the Town & Country Club, Leeds, England on 27 February 1994

12" single
No.TitleLength
1."Die Laughing" (David Holmes Mix 1)8:23
2."Die Laughing" (David Holmes Mix 2)7:18

Personnel

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References

  1. Sinclair, Tom (11 February 1994). "Troublegum". Entertainment Weekly . Meredith Corporation . Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. "Official Discography". Archived from the original on 12 March 2009.
  3. "UK Chart History". Archived from the original on 17 July 2007.
  4. "Irish Chart History". Archived from the original on 2 June 2009.