Lenny (Supergrass song)

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"Lenny"
Supergrass Lenny.jpg
Single by Supergrass
from the album I Should Coco
B-side "Wait for the Sun"
Released1 May 1995 (1995-05-01) [1]
Studio Sawmills (Golant, England)
Length2:42
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s) Supergrass
Producer(s) Sam Williams
Supergrass singles chronology
"Lose It"
(1995)
"Lenny"
(1995)
"Alright"
(1995)

"Lenny" is a song by English rock band Supergrass, released as the fourth single from their debut album, I Should Coco (1995), in May 1995. It reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, [2] [3] remaining on the chart for three weeks.

Track listings

CD(CDR6410)

  1. "Lenny" (2:42)
  2. "Wait for the Sun" (4:09)
  3. "Sex!" (2:35)

7-inch and cassette(RS6410; TCR6410)

  1. "Lenny" (2:42)
  2. "Wait for the Sun" (4:09)

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References

  1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 29 April 1995. p. 39.
  2. The Strange Ones Supergrass Site
  3. Supergrass biography : beginnings, career, success Archived 24 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine