Nice Guy Eddie

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"Nice Guy Eddie"
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Single by Sleeper
from the album The It Girl
Released1 July 1996 (1996-07-01) [1]
Genre Britpop
Length3:23
Label Indolent
Songwriter(s) Louise Wener
Producer(s) Stephen Street
Sleeper singles chronology
"Sale of the Century"
(1996)
"Nice Guy Eddie"
(1996)
"Statuesque"
(1996)

"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]

Contents

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.

Track listings

  1. "Nice Guy Eddie" – 3:23
  2. "Pokerface" – 3:30
  3. "Blazer Sleeves" – 2:50
  1. "Nice Guy Eddie" – 3:23
  2. "Inbetweener (live)" – 3:55
  3. "Inbetweener" (featuring Mark and Lard)

Comprehensive charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Scotland Singles (The Official Charts Company) [4] 11
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) [5] 10

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References

  1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 29 June 1996. p. 31.
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 507. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  3. Wener, Louise (3 May 2020). "Louise Wener". Twitter. Retrieved 4 May 2020. 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!
  4. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100; 07 July 1996 – 13 July 1996". The Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100; 07 July 1996 – 13 July 1996". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 December 2018.