Tears from a Willow

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"Tears from a Willow"
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Single by Ooberman
Released11 October 1999
RecordedUnknown
Genre Indie, Psychedelic pop
Label Independiente
Songwriter(s) Dan Popplewell
Andy Flett
Steve Flett
Sophia Churney
Alan Kelly
Producer(s) Stephen Street
Ooberman singles chronology
"Million Suns"
(1999)
"Tears from a Willow"
(1999)
"Shorley Wall"
(2000)

"Tears from a Willow" is a song by Ooberman, released as the third single from their debut album The Magic Treehouse . It was released by Independiente in October 1999. In the song's radio edit, a reference to LSD was removed, but remained intact on the single itself. The radio edit has never been released commercially, but can be heard in the song's video. It charted at #62 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

B-side "Moth to a Flame" was recently voted the best Ooberman song ever by users of the band's online forum. [1]

Track listing

CD (ISOM37MS)

  1. "Tears from a Willow" (Popplewell)
  2. "Moth to a Flame" (Flett)
  3. "Danny Boy" (Popplewell)

7" Vinyl (ISOM37S)

  1. "Tears from a Willow" (Popplewell)
  2. "Igloo II: Yellow Snow" (Popplewell)

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