Waterfall (The Stone Roses song)

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"Waterfall"
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Single by The Stone Roses
from the album The Stone Roses
Released1991
RecordedSeptember 1988 & February 1989
Genre
Length4:41 (album version)
3:31 (7" version)
5:23 (12" version)
4:37 (album version 2009 remaster)
Label Silvertone
Songwriter(s) Ian Brown, John Squire
Producer(s) John Leckie
The Stone Roses singles chronology
"One Love"
(1990)
"Waterfall"
(1991)
"I Am the Resurrection"
(1992)

"Waterfall" is the ninth single from The Stone Roses. The fourth single taken from their debut album The Stone Roses , it was released in 1991 and reached number 27 in the UK Singles Chart. [3]

Contents

The song was placed at number 5 in a 2013 poll, by readers of The Guardian , of their "all-time favourite songs by the band." [4]

Track listing

7" vinyl (Silvertone ORE 35)
Cassette (Silvertone ORE C 35)
  1. "Waterfall" – 3:31
  2. "One Love" – 3:40
12" vinyl (Silvertone ORE T 35)
  1. "Waterfall" – 5:23
  2. "One Love" – 7:10
CD (Silvertone ORE CD 35)
  1. "Waterfall (7" version)" – 3:31
  2. "One Love (7" version)" – 3:40
  3. "Waterfall (12" version)" – 5:23
  4. "One Love (12" version)" – 7:10

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Platinum600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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