THE CD SINGLE LUCKY DIP (2)

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Might Be Stars, released in November 1995 was the third single to be lifted from Be A Girl, itself the third album by The Wannadies, without question the greatest pop band ever to emergr out of Sweden.  As you can see from the above image, the single was released across two different CDs – very much the standard practice of the day – which usually meant one of, or a combination of, three things.

1. Loads of different songs as b-sides across the 2 x CDs
2. Loads of different remixes of the single across at least one of the CDs
3. Live tracks to pad things out across one or both CDs

CD1 of Might Be Stars followed option 1.

mp3: The Wannadies – Might Be Stars (edited)
mp3: The Wannadies – Cherry Man
mp3: The Wannadies – Lee Remick
mp3: The Wannadies – Love Is Dead

The difference between the edited version of the song and the album version is barely noticeable, consisting of ten seconds of music at the start being seamlessly removed to enable the main vocal to lick in a bit earlier. The three other songs consist of two more than decent Wannadies songs and a cover of the debut single by The Go-Betweens.

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CD2of Might Be Stars also followed option 1.

mp3: The Wannadies – Might Be Stars
mp3: The Wannadies – New Life
mp3: The Wannadies – So Happy Now
mp3: The Wannadies – Things That I Would Love To Have Undone

The album version is offered up on CD2. The three other songs consist of two more than decent Wannadies songs and a cover of the first hit single by Depeche Mode.

Might Be Stars enjoyed a two-week stay in the singles chart, entering at #51 on 18 November 1995, dropping to #71 the following week before falling out altogether.

JC

3 thoughts on “THE CD SINGLE LUCKY DIP (2)

  1. One of Rocks Greatest W’s according to the No Badger Musical Jury (apologies for the shameless plug).

    Swc

  2. Whenever I see a statement like “without question the greatest pop band ever to emerge out of Sweden”, my natural instinct is to spend about three hours searching through my record collection trying to challenge it. But I like the Wannadies and it’s Half Term, so I’m supposed to be taking it easy. Also, Jens Lekman isn’t a band, otherwise I’d have an easy challenger…

  3. Actually Kent is (or rather was) the best Swedish band, if you forget their English translated albums. They didn’t work, but were fantastic in their native language. Oh, and skip the last album as well. They recorded one album too many, unfortunately. Going back in time Lolita Pop were great as well, and they did release 2 self titled albums with English versions that actually work decently, while when they started to write in English they sadly lost it.

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