Sunday (Sonic Youth song)

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"Sunday"
Single by Sonic Youth
from the album A Thousand Leaves
B-side"Moist Vagina", "Silver Panties", "Sunday (edit)"
ReleasedApril 23, 1998
GenreAlternative rock
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley
Sonic Youth singles chronology
"Superstar"
(1995) 		"Sunday"
(1998) 		"Incinerate"
(2006)

"Sunday" is a song by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in 1998 by record label Geffen as the first and only single from their 10th studio album, A Thousand Leaves.

Release

"Sunday" was released on April 23, 1998 by record label Geffen as the first and only single from their 10th studio album, A Thousand Leaves. It reached No. 72 in the

UK Singles Chart.[1]

A different recording of the song was also featured on the soundtrack of the film SubUrbia.

Content

The song's riff was 'borrowed' from Helium's song "Skeleton".[2]

One of the single's

Moist Vagina", was originally by Nirvana, who were friends of the band and appeared in the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke
while touring with Sonic Youth.

Music video

The video for "Sunday" was directed by

ballerinas
dancing and Culkin playing a banjo and interacting with Miner.

Track listing

  1. "Sunday" (LP Version) – 4:52
  2. "
    Moist Vagina" – 3:04 (Kurt Cobain
    )
  3. "Silver Panties" – 4:27
  4. "Sunday (Edit)" – 3:15

Chart positions

Year Single Chart Peak
1998 "Sunday"
UK Singles Chart
 No. 72[1]
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[3]
 1

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Sonic Youth | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  2. ^ "Sonic Youth Site Menu". sonicyouth.com. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 24, 2024.


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