You Are My Sister

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You Are My Sister
You Are My Sister (Front Cover).png
EP by
ReleasedOctober 25, 2005
Genre Baroque pop
Length15:08
Label
Producer Anohni
Antony and the Johnsons chronology
Hope There's Someone
(2005)
You Are My Sister
(2005)
Another World
(2005)

You Are My Sister is a four-track CD EP by Antony and the Johnsons, originally released in 2005 on Secretly Canadian Records and later in the UK and Europe by Rough Trade Records. [1] The title track is taken from Antony and the Johnsons second studio album I Am a Bird Now and features co-lead vocals by Boy George. The remaining tracks were previously unreleased and are exclusive to the EP and its variants.

Contents

You Are My Sister reached number 39 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]

Track listing

Secretly Canadian CD

  1. "You Are My Sister" – 4:00
  2. "Poorest Ear" – 3:39
  3. "Forest of Love" – 4:28
  4. "Paddy's Gone" – 3:00

Rough Trade CD1

  1. "You Are My Sister" – 4:00
  2. "Poorest Ear" – 3:39

Rough Trade CD2

  1. "You Are My Sister" – 4:00
  2. "Forest of Love" – 4:28
  3. "Paddy's Gone" – 3:00
  4. "You Are My Sister" (Video) – 4:00

Charts

Chart performance for You Are My Sister
Chart (2005)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [3] 190
Italy (FIMI) [4] 38
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] 96
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 39

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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