Mexican Wave (song)

Last updated
"Mexican Wave"
Mexican-Wave.jpg
Single by Kerbdog
from the album On the Turn
Released17 March 1997
RecordedSummer 1995 at Sound City Studios and A&M Studios in Los Angeles, USA
Genre Alternative rock
Label Fontana Records
KERCD3 / 574 103-2 (CD 1)
KERCC 3 / 574 105-2 (CD 2)
KERDD3 / 574 107-2 (CD 3)
Songwriter(s) Cormac Battle
Darragh Butler
Colin Fennelly
Billy Dalton
Producer(s) GGGarth
Kerbdog singles chronology
"Sally"
(1996)
"Mexican Wave"
(1997)
"Electricity"
(2014)

"Mexican Wave" is a song by Kerbdog and a single released on 17 March 1997, taken from their second album On the Turn recorded in 1995 by GGGarth at Sound City Studios and A&M Studios in Los Angeles. The single was released on three different CD singles. The B-sides are live recordings of various tracks from On the Turn and Kerbdog , recorded by Paddy MacBreen for RTÉ 2FM at the Feile Festival at The Point, Dublin on 14 July 1996. The single reached number 49 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listing of CD1

  1. "Mexican Wave"
  2. "Sally" (Live)
  3. "On The Turn" (Live)

Track listing of CD2

  1. "Mexican Wave"
  2. "End Of Green" (Live)
  3. "Secure" (Live)

Track listing of CD3

  1. "Mexican Wave" (Live)
  2. "Dry Riser" (Live)
  3. "Pledge" (Live)

Promos

There was also a CD DJ promo (KERCJ3)

  1. Mexican Wave (Radio Edit)
  2. Mexican Wave (Album Version)

Chart performance

"Mexican Wave" entered the UK singles charts on 29 March 1997 and peaked after one week. [1]

Chart (1997)Peak
position
UK Music Week Top 75 Singles49

Related Research Articles

<i>Troublegum</i> 1994 studio album by Therapy?

Troublegum is the second major label album by the band Therapy?. It was released on 7 February 1994 via A&M Records.

<i>Semi-Detached</i> (album) 1998 studio album by Therapy?

Semi-Detached is the fourth major label album by the band Therapy?. Released on 30 March 1998 on A&M Records, it turned out to be their final album on the label. The album was recorded at various stages throughout 1997, including sessions at Chipping Norton Studios in Oxford, Homestead Studio in Randalstown, Moles Studio in Bath and Metropolis Studios in London. It was also the first Therapy? album recorded with Graham Hopkins and Martin McCarrick as full-time members. The album was not released in USA, but charted at number 21 in the UK Albums Chart.

Blancmange (band)

Blancmange are an English synth-pop band formed in Harrow, London, in 1979. The band were a duo for most of their career, composed of Neil Arthur (vocals) and Stephen Luscombe (keyboards). They came to prominence in the early 1980s releasing four singles that entered the Top 20 charts in the UK, such as "Living on the Ceiling", "Waves", "Blind Vision" and "Don't Tell Me", and they released three albums during that decade, Happy Families (1982), Mange Tout (1984) and Believe You Me (1985).

<i>Kerbdog</i> (album) 1994 studio album by Kerbdog

Kerbdog is Kerbdog's eponymous debut album. The album was recorded in 1993 at Rockfield Studios in Wales and released on 28 March 1994 through Vertigo. Though the band had various indie influences, with bands like Sonic Youth and Big Black, the album ended up having a Metallica influenced proto-grunge sound. The band said that this was simply the result of getting professional equipment, and turning everything up as loud as they could. What also might account for this is the fact that grunge pioneer Jack Endino recorded the album.

"If I remember right the whole thing took five weeks. No problems except that Cormac was still writing lyrics right up to the next-to-last day of mixing. Dummy Crusher was literally the last thing finished, we cut the vocal and then I mixed it next day. We had about run out of time at that point. [I] liked almost all of it. Thought the intro to EOG should have been half as long, but band disagreed; and in retrospect I would have turned up the vocals on EOG just a teeny bit, though no one ever complained. Didn't like Xenophobia much but that didn't make the album. Thought Clock should have been a single."
Jack Endino

Judie Tzuke British singer-songwriter

Judie Tzuke is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1979 hit "Stay with Me till Dawn", which reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.

Turin Brakes are an English band, comprising original duo of Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, and long-term collaborators Rob Allum and Eddie Myer. They had a UK top 5 hit in 2003 with their song "Painkiller ". Since starting out in 1999, the band have sold around one million records worldwide. They are currently signed to Cooking Vinyl.

M was an English new wave and synthpop music project from London, England, led by English musician Robin Scott in the late 1970s and early 1980s. M is most known for the 1979 hit "Pop Muzik", which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart in May 1979, and number one in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on 3 November 1979. Musicians who contributed to M at one time or another included Wally Badarou, Mark King, Phil Gould, Lydia Canaan and Gary Barnacle of Level 42.

Kerbdog are an alternative metal band from Kilkenny, Ireland who formed in 1991. Following two major-label albums released on Mercury Records, the band split up in 1998. Since 2005 the band has reformed for a series of occasional one-off performances in Ireland and England. In 2012, a live album was recorded entitled Congregation and was released in October 2014.

Tongue (song) 1995 R.E.M. song

"Tongue" is a song by R.E.M., released as the fifth and final single from their ninth studio album Monster. It was only released in the US, UK and Ireland. In the song, lead singer Michael Stipe performs in falsetto; he has stated on several occasions that the narrator of the song is female. Stipe has also said the track is "all about cunnilingus."

Angels (Robbie Williams song) 1997 single by Robbie Williams

"Angels" is a song by Robbie Williams. It was included on Williams's debut solo album Life thru a Lens (1997), and released as a single in December 1997. "Angels" was written by Williams and Guy Chambers, based on an earlier song written by Ray Heffernan. It is Williams' best-selling single and was voted the best song of the previous 25 years at the 2005 Brit Awards.

Shed Seven

Shed Seven are an English alternative rock band, formed in York in 1990. One of the groups which contributed to the Britpop music scene of the 1990s, they continue to write, record and release music over thirty years later. They originally comprised singer Rick Witter, guitarist/keyboardist Joe Johnson, bassist Tom Gladwin and drummer Alan Leach. Johnson was later replaced by Paul Banks.

<i>On the Turn</i> 1997 studio album by Kerbdog

On The Turn is the second and final studio album by Irish alternative rock outfit Kerbdog, released on Fontana Records in the UK on 31 March 1997. It was produced by GGGarth who had previously worked with Rage Against the Machine.

"We did one record with a band named Kerbdog, and we started off with about 25 cabinets and amps. It took about two days just to go through 'em all, but we got the best sounds that we have ever gotten. We used old Les Pauls, old Strats and Teles, different strings, different pickups."
GGGarth

Dry Riser

"Dry Riser" is a song by Kerbdog and a single released in 1994, taken from their self titled debut album, recorded at Rockfield Studios, Wales by Jack Endino. The single was released on four different formats, two CDs, and two 7" vinyls. CD1 was released as a limited edition Digipak and one of the 7" singles was released as a limited edition, pressed on clear vinyl as opposed to the usual black. The single climbed to number sixty on the UK Singles Chart.

Dummy Crusher

"Dummy Crusher" is a song by Kerbdog and a single released in July 1994, taken from their self titled debut album. The single was released on four different formats, two CDs, 7" vinyl and 12" vinyl. The 12" single was a limited edition picture disc.

Sally (Kerbdog song)

"Sally" is a song by Kerbdog and a single released on September 30, 1996, taken from their second album On the Turn recorded in 1995 by GGGarth at Sound City Studios and A&M Studios in Los Angeles. The single was released on three different CD singles, each with two different B-sides, all of which were recorded in 1996 by Pete Hofman. A promo video for "Sally" was also filmed in London.

Only You (Yazoo song) 1982 single by Yazoo

"Only You" is the debut single by English synth-pop duo Yazoo. It was written by member Vince Clarke, while still with Depeche Mode, but recorded it in 1982 after forming Yazoo with Alison Moyet. It was released as Yazoo's first single on 15 March 1982 in the United Kingdom, and became an instant success on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 2. It would also reach the top 10 in neighbouring Ireland as well as Australia. In the US, "Only You" was released as the band's second single in November 1982 and charted at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also made the US Adult Contemporary chart.

Could It Be Magic 1971 single by Barry Manilow

"Could It Be Magic" is a song with lyrics by Adrienne Anderson and music by Barry Manilow, based on Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20. Initially released in 1971 by Featherbed, produced and co-written by Tony Orlando, it was later re-recorded as a Barry Manilow solo track, given a first album and single release in 1973 on Bell Records and - after being remixed - an album and single re-release in 1975 on Arista Records. The 1975 re-release became one of Manilow's first hits. The song has been recorded by a number of other artists over the years, most successfully by Donna Summer in 1976 and by Take That in 1992.

Devo discography

The discography of Devo, an American new wave band formed in 1973, consists of 25 singles and 9 studio albums. Devo was founded by Gerald Casale, Bob Lewis and Mark Mothersbaugh. Devo currently consists of brothers Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Josh Hager and Josh Freese (drums). The band rose to prominence in the US during the new wave era with their single "Whip It". The band have released nine studio albums, ten extended plays, twelve compilation albums, six live albums, one soundtrack album and twenty five singles.

<i>The Fury</i> (album) Album by Gary Numan

The Fury is the seventh solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan, originally released in September 1985, it was Numan's second release on his self-owned Numa Records label. It saw him continuing to explore the sample-heavy industrial sound that he had developed for his previous album Berserker in 1984.

Sub Focus English DJ, record producer, songwriter, musician and sound engineer

Nicolaas Douwma, better known by his stage name Sub Focus, is an English DJ, record producer, songwriter, musician and sound engineer from Guildford, Surrey. He has been releasing records since 2003. On 12 October 2009, he released his self-titled debut album. He released his second album, Torus, on 30 September 2013. Douwma's album in collaboration with Wilkinson titled Portals was released on 9 October 2020 through Casablanca Records.

References

  1. Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums. Suffolk: Omnibus Press. p. 596. ISBN   1-84449-058-0.