So Strange

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"So Strange"
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Single by Cetu Javu
from the album Southern Lands
B-side
  • "A Dónde"
  • "Fight Without a Reason"
ReleasedNovember 1989
Genre Synth-pop
Length3:58 (album version)
Label ZYX
Songwriter(s)
  • Chris Demere
  • Javier Revilla-Diez
Producer(s)
  • Cetu Javu
  • Chris Demere
Cetu Javu singles chronology
"Have in Mind"
(1988)
"So Strange"
(1989)
"A Dónde"
(1989)

"So Strange" is the fourth single by German synth-pop band Cetu Javu, released in 1989. [1] A shorter edited version of the song appeared on their 1990 debut album Southern Lands . [2]

Contents

Track listings

12" vinyl

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."So Strange (Extended Version)"6:03
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."A Dónde (Extended Version)"6:10
2."Fight Without a Reason"2:47

CD single

No.TitleLength
1."So Strange (Extended Version)"6:03
2."A Dónde (Extended Version)"6:10
3."Fight Without a Reason"2:47

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References

  1. "Cetu Javu - Discography" . Retrieved 2 Sep 2012.
  2. "Cetu Javu - Southern Lands" . Retrieved 2 Sep 2012.