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"Nice Guy Eddie" | ||||
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Single by Sleeper | ||||
from the album The It Girl | ||||
Released | 1 July 1996 [1] | |||
Genre | Britpop | |||
Length | 3:23 | |||
Label | Indolent | |||
Songwriter(s) | Louise Wener | |||
Producer(s) | Stephen Street | |||
Sleeper singles chronology | ||||
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"Nice Guy Eddie" is a song by English Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. It was the third single to be released from their second album, The It Girl . It peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]
While the tracks from The It Girl were being demoed, several tracks had working titles based on characters from Reservoir Dogs ; Nice Guy Eddie is the only one that kept that name. [3] A segment of the song was used by BBC Wales for the intro and outro music for their coverage of the FAW Invitational Cup in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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Scotland Singles (The Official Charts Company) [4] | 11 |
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) [5] | 10 |
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When we were writing and demoing all the tracks had working titles from reservoir dogs characters. Nice guy Eddie is the only one that stayed!