Plush (song)

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"Plush"
PlushUKEP.jpg
UK and European sleeve cover
Single by Stone Temple Pilots
from the album Core
B-side "Sin"
ReleasedAugust 23, 1993 (1993-08-23)
RecordedMay 1992 [1]
Genre
Length
  • 5:13 (album version)
  • 4:19 (radio edit)
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Brendan O'Brien
Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology
"Sex Type Thing"
(1993)
"Plush"
(1993)
"Creep"
(1993)
Audio sample

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States1993Radio Atlantic
United KingdomAugust 23, 1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[32]
JapanOctober 25, 1993Mini-CD [33]

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