Remedy (The Black Crowes song)

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"Remedy"
The Black Crowes - Remedy UK.jpg
Single by the Black Crowes
from the album The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
B-side "Darling of the Underground Press"
ReleasedApril 20, 1992 (1992-04-20)
Genre
Length5:22
Label Def American
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • George Drakoulias
  • The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes singles chronology
"Seeing Things"
(1991)		"Remedy"
(1992)		"Sting Me"
(1992)
Music video
"Remedy" on YouTube

"Remedy" is a song by American rock band the Black Crowes from their second album, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992). It appears as the second track on the album. [2] "Remedy" reached number one on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in May 1992 and stayed there for 11 weeks. On the Billboard Hot 100, the song peaked at number 48. It also reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's highest-charting single in the United Kingdom, and entered the top 10 in New Zealand and Norway.

Contents

Background

According to lead vocalist Chris Robinson, "Remedy" is a song about freedom, written as a response to the war on drugs, which Robinson considered "silly". [3]

Music video

The song's music video, directed by Pete Angelus,[ citation needed ] was added to MTV's playlist as an "exclusive" video on the week ending May 2, 1992. [4] By early June, it was on heavy rotation. [5]

Track listings

All songs are written by Chris and Rich Robinson except where noted.

7-inch, cassette, and mini-CD single [6] [7] [8]

  1. "Remedy" – 5:22
  2. "Darling of the Underground Press" – 5:33

UK 12-inch and CD single [9] [10]

  1. "Remedy"
  2. "Darling of the Underground Press"
  3. "Time Will Tell" (Bob Marley)

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United KingdomApril 20, 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Def American [24]
JapanJune 5, 1992Mini-CD [25]

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