Ten Storey Love Song

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"Ten Storey Love Song"
Ten Storey Love Song cover.jpg
Single by the Stone Roses
from the album Second Coming
B-side
  • "Ride On"
  • "Moses"
Released27 February 1995 (1995-02-27)
Length4:28
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s) John Squire
Producer(s) Simon Dawson, Paul Schroeder, John Leckie
The Stone Roses singles chronology
"Love Spreads"
(1994)
"Ten Storey Love Song"
(1995)
"Begging You"
(1995)

"Ten Storey Love Song" is a song by English rock band the Stone Roses, released as the second single from their album, Second Coming (1994), on 27 February 1995. It was written by guitarist John Squire. The song reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and spent three weeks on the chart. The B-sides, "Moses" and "Ride On", were the last new songs released by the group until "All for One" was released in 2016.

Contents

Music video

A music video, directed by Sophie Muller, accompanied the single but the video was shot without the drummer, Reni, who did not turn up. Only three members of the band (Squire, Ian Brown and Mani) appear in the video although an unidentified man wearing a mask of Reni's face appears several times. Ian Brown did not turn up for the first day of the video shoot, this is reflected in the video when John Squire and Mani are watching footage of Ian Brown and Reni on a TV screen and look at their watches.

Track listings

7-inch vinyl and cassette (GFS 87; GFSC 87)

  1. "Ten Storey Love Song"
  2. "Ride On"

12-inch vinyl and CD (GFST 87; GFSTD 87)

  1. "Ten Storey Love Song"
  2. "Moses"
  3. "Ride On"

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [1] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom27 February 1995
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Geffen [2]
United States24 April 1995 Alternative radio [3]
Japan24 May 1995CD [4]

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