Dying for It

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Dying for It
Vaselines-dyingforit.jpg
EP by
ReleasedMarch 1988
Recorded26–27 October 1987, Pierhouse Studios, Edinburgh
Genre Indie rock, indie pop, noise pop
Length11:02
Label 53rd & 3rd
Producer Stephen Pastel
The Vaselines
The Vaselines chronology
Son of a Gun
(1987)
Dying for It
(1988)
Dum-Dum
(1989)

Dying for It is the second extended play by Scottish indie pop group The Vaselines, released in March 1988. The EP was later included on their career retrospective collection The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History . The song "Teenage Superstars" was later included as the fourth track on their debut album Dum-Dum in 1989. The song "Molly's Lips" is named in tribute to the well-known Scottish television personality Molly Weir.

Contents

Alternative rock figurehead Kurt Cobain listed the Dying for It EP as his fourth favorite 'album' ever. [1] [2] [3] His band Nirvana covered "Molly's Lips", as well as a song from the earlier Vaselines EP, on their 1992 compilation Incesticide . Nirvana also performed the song "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" (original song name "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam") for their MTV Unplugged in New York concert.

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly and McKee.

Side A

  1. "Dying for It"
  2. "Molly's Lips"

Side B

  1. "Teenage Superstars"
  2. "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam"

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Charts (1988)Peak
position
UK Indie Singles (MRIB) [4] 11

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