Kemp (song)

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"Kemp"
Millencolin - Kemp cover.jpg
Single by Millencolin
from the album Home from Home
B-side
  • "The Downhill Walk"
  • "Absolute Zero"
Released18 February 2002
Genre Punk rock
Label Burning Heart
Songwriter(s) Mathias Färm, Fredrik Larzon, Erik Ohlsson, Nikola Sarcevic
Millencolin singles chronology
"Fox"
(2000)
"Kemp"
(2002)
"Man or Mouse"
(2002)

"Kemp" is a song by the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin from the album Home from Home . It was released as a single on 18 February 2002, by Burning Heart Records, including two B-sides from the album's recording sessions, "The Downhill Walk" and "Absolute Zero". An accompanying music video for "Kemp" was also filmed and released.

Contents

"Kemp" originated as a B-side from the band's previous album Pennybridge Pioneers . This version had been released on their previous single "Fox" in 2000, and the song was rewritten with new lyrics for Home from Home.

Track listing

CD single

  1. "Kemp"
  2. "The Downhill Walk"
  3. "Absolute Zero"

7" vinyl

  1. "Kemp"
  1. "The Downhill Walk"
  2. "Absolute Zero"

Personnel

Millencolin

Charts

Chart performance for "Kemp"
Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 69
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [2] 60

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References

  1. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 189.
  2. "Millencolin – Kemp". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 28 August 2022.