Risingson
"Risingson" | ||||
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Grantley Marshall, Andrew Vowles | ||||
Producer(s) | Neil Davidge | |||
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"Risingson" on YouTube |
"Risingson" is a song by the English trip hop group Massive Attack, released as a single on 7 July 1997 by Virgin Records. It is the first single from their third album, Mezzanine (1998), and the eighth single overall.
Background and composition
The single contains a sample of "I Found a Reason", a song by The Velvet Underground.[1]
Reception
Reception for the song was positive. John Bush of
Music video
The accompanying music video for "Risingson" stars all the participating musicians in
Along with all the other music videos released with Mezzanine, the video was directed by Walter Stern.
Personnel
Massive Attack
- Robert Del Naja – vocals, producer, arrangements, programming, keyboards, guitars, samples, art direction, design
- Grantley Marshall – vocals, producer, arrangements, programming, keyboards, samples
- Andrew Vowles – producer, arrangements, programming, keyboards, samples
Additional personnel
- Neil Davidge – producer, arrangements, programming, keyboards, samples
- Angelo Bruschini – guitars
- Jon Harris, Bob Locke, Winston Blisset – bass guitars
- Andy Gangadeen – drums
- Dave Jenkins, Michael Timothy – additional keyboards
Recording personnel
- Jan Kybert – ProTools
- Lee Shepherd – engineer (Massive Attack and Christchurch Studios)
- Mark "Spike" Stent– mixing (Olympic Studios)
- Jan Kybert, Paul "P-Dub" Walton – assistant mixing
- Tim Young – editing, engineer (Metropolis Studios)
Charts
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6]
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43 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] | 13 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] | 30 |
11 |
References
- Allmusic. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Bush, John. "Mezzanine - Massive Attack". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- Irish Times.
- ^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 28 June 1997. p. 20. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Massive Attack - Risingson". Virgin Records. YouTube. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Dutch. "Discografie Massive Attack". ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Massive Attack". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 163. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Discography Massive Attack". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ "Massive Attack". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 July 2013.