The Scattering (song)

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"The Scattering"
Single by Cutting Crew
from the album The Scattering
B-side "Christians"
Released1989
Length4:28
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Producer(s)
Cutting Crew singles chronology
"(Between a) Rock and a Hard Place"
(1989)
"The Scattering"
(1989)
"Everything But My Pride"
(1989)

"The Scattering" is a song by the British rock band Cutting Crew, released in 1989 as the second single from their second album, also titled The Scattering .

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Chart (1989)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [1] 96

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