Everything Must Go (song)

"Everything Must Go" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released as the second single from their fourth studio album, Everything Must Go (1996), on 22 July 1996. The song reached number five on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

The song is cited by Wire as a message to the fans, saying the music had changed after the loss of Richey Edwards, but the band is still the same.Template:Sfn Ushering in a new era for the band, Wire's lyric asks fans to forgive them for changing: "and I just hope that you can forgive us, but everything must go".<ref name="Epic Records">Template:Cite AV media</ref>

James Dean Bradfield has said Sean Moore had a lot of freedom in the drums for his song. By contrast to several previous Manic Street Preachers singles, the drums are not "compressed", but are more open and free, giving a sense of disorder in the song.<ref name="Epic Records"/> The song features a prominent string section that commentators such as Q magazine's Tom Doyle have compared to the songs of Phil Spector and his Wall of Sound.<ref name="Q review">Template:Cite journal</ref>

Release

"Everything Must Go" reached number five on the UK Singles Chart on 3 August 1996,<ref name="UKchart"/> making it the second of five consecutive UK top-ten singles.<ref name="UKchart" /> In Finland the song reached number 18.<ref name="fin"/> The CD release included "Black Garden", "Hanging On" and "No One Knows What It's Like to Be Me" whereas the cassette featured a live version of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head".Template:Sfn An acoustic version of the song appears on the cassette single of "Kevin Carter".<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> The Chemical Brothers' remix of the song appeared in the intro movie to the American and European versions of the PlayStation game Gran Turismo.Template:Sfn The song also made an appearance on Forever Delayed, the band's greatest-hits album released in November 2002.

Track listings

All music was composed by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore except where indicated. All lyrics were written by Nicky Wire except where indicated. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2 UK CD1 and Japanese CD single<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref><ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

1. "Everything Must Go" – 3:43
2. "Black Garden" – 4:28
3. "Hanging On" – 3:07
4. "No-One Knows What It's Like to Be Me" – 3:04

UK CD2<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

1. "Everything Must Go" – 3:43
2. "Everything Must Go" (The Chemical Brothers remix) – 6:33
3. "Everything Must Go" (Stealth Sonic Orchestra remix) – 3:45
4. "Everything Must Go" (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Soundtrack) – 3:28

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1. "Everything Must Go" (special version) – 3:40
2. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (live acoustic version) (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:09

Australian CD single<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

1. "Everything Must Go" – 3:43
2. "Black Garden" – 4:28
3. "Hanging On" – 3:07
4. "No-One Knows What It's Like to Be Me" – 3:04
5. "Everything Must Go" (Stealth Sonic Orchestra remix) – 3:45

Charts

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Chart (1996)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	29

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Template:Abbr
United Kingdom	22 July 1996	Template:Hlist	Epic	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Japan	31 July 1996	CD		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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