- Ocean Spray (song)
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"Ocean Spray" 
Single by Manic Street Preachers from the album Know Your Enemy Released June 4, 2001 Format CD, cassette Recorded 2000 Genre Alternative rock Length 4:11 Label Epic Producer Dave Eringa Manic Street Preachers singles chronology "So Why So Sad"
(2001)"Ocean Spray"
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(2001)"Ocean Spray" is a song by the Manic Street Preachers, which was released as a single on June 4, 2001, the third song to be released from the album Know Your Enemy. All three members of the band - James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire - share the writing credits.
The song is inspired by the cranberry juice drink that James would take in to his mother Sue whilst she was in hospital undergoing treatment for cancer, eventually dying from the disease. It also featured the first recorded lyric written by James. Drummer Sean Moore played a trumpet solo on the song. The CD included "Groundhog Days", "Just A Kid", and an "Ocean Spray" video, whereas the cassette had "Little Trolls".
The song reached number 15 in the UK Singles Chart on 16 June 2001 and a performance was recorded for that week's Top of the Pops. However it wasn't aired (possibly due to lower charting position than had been expected) but a short clip of the performance was still shown (without sound) in the show's top 20 countdown that week. The full performance was however finally shown in full several years later on an episode of Top of the Pops 2.
Contents
Japanese lyrics
The song starts with these words in Japanese:
"Me, totemo utsukushi desu ne totemo utsukushi me o shite imasu."
English translation:
"You have very beautiful eyes...such beautiful eyes."
Track listing
CD1
- "Ocean Spray" - 4:02
- "Groundhog Days" - 3:52
- "Just A Kid" - 3:36
- "Ocean Spray" (video-clip)
CD2
- "Ocean Spray"
- "Ocean Spray" (Live At teatro Karl Marx, Havana, 17 February 2001)
- "Ocean Spray" (Kinobe Remix)
- "Ocean Spray" (Medicine Remix)
- "Ocean Spray" (video from Havana)
MC
- "Ocean Spray" - 4:02
- "Little Trolls" - 3:39
- "Ocean Spray" (Ellis Island Sound Remix)
Manic Street Preachers James Dean Bradfield · Sean Moore · Nicky Wire
Richey EdwardsStudio albums Generation Terrorists (1992) · Gold Against the Soul (1993) · The Holy Bible (1994) · Everything Must Go (1996) · This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998) · Know Your Enemy (2001) · Lifeblood (2004) · Send Away the Tigers (2007) · Journal for Plague Lovers (2009) · Postcards from a Young Man (2010)Compilation albums EPs New Art Riot (1990) · Stars and Stripes (1992) · Life Becoming a Landslide EP (1994) · Know Our B-Sides (2001) · God Save the Manics (2005) · Journal for Plague Lovers Remixes E.P. (2009)Singles "Suicide Alley" (1988) · "UK Channel Boredom" (1990) · "Motown Junk" (1991) · "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" (1991) · "Feminine Is Beautiful" (1991) · "Stay Beautiful" (1991) · "Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat" (1991) · "You Love Us" (1991) · "Slash 'n' Burn" (1992) · "Motorcycle Emptiness" (1992) · "Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)" (1992) · "Little Baby Nothing" (1992) · "From Despair to Where" (1993) · "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" (1993) · "Roses in the Hospital" (1993) · "Faster/P.C.P." (1994) · "Revol" (1994) · "She Is Suffering" (1994) · "A Design for Life" (1996) · "Everything Must Go" (1996) · "Kevin Carter" (1996) · "Further Away" (1996) · "Australia" (1996) · "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (1998) · "The Everlasting" (1998) · "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" (1999) · "Tsunami" (1999) · "The Masses Against the Classes" (2000) · "Found That Soul" (2001) · "So Why So Sad" (2001) · "Ocean Spray" (2001) · "Let Robeson Sing" (2001) · "There by the Grace of God" (2002) · "The Love of Richard Nixon" (2004) · "Empty Souls" (2005) · "Underdogs" (2007) · "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" (2007) · "Autumnsong" (2007) · "Indian Summer" (2007) · "The Ghosts of Christmas" (2007) · "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" (2010) · "Some Kind of Nothingness" (2010) · "Postcards from a Young Man" (2011) · "This Is the Day" (2011)Box sets Video Albums Everything Live (1997) · Leaving the 20th Century (2000) · Louder Than War (2001) · Forever Delayed (2002)Other appearances "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (1995) · "Leviathan" (2005) · "The Instrumental" (2006) · "Umbrella" (2008)Related articles Categories:- 2001 singles
- Manic Street Preachers songs
- Songs written by James Dean Bradfield
- Songs written by Sean Moore
- Songs written by Nicky Wire
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