Innocent (Fuel song)

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"Innocent"
Single by Fuel
from the album Something Like Human
ReleasedDecember 5, 2000
Length3:40
Label Epic Records
Songwriter(s) Carl Bell
Fuel singles chronology
"Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"
(2000)
"Innocent"
(2000)
"Bad Day"
(2001)

"Innocent" is the second single released from Fuel's 2000 second studio album Something Like Human . The inspiration for songs lyrical content is not known.

Contents

An official acoustic version with a piano melody surfaced online in 2015. [1] [2]

Appearances

A music video was filmed, directed by Nigel Dick. [3]

The song was originally going to appear on the soundtrack of the 1998 feature film City Of Angels , but songwriter Carl Bell felt the song was better suited to only appear on the band's album.[ citation needed ] The song was performed live on The Late Show with David Letterman .

Track listing

Song written by Carl Bell

No.TitleLength
1."Innocent"3:40

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2001)Peak
position
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [4] 4
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [5] 10

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