Coax Me

Coax Me
"Coax Me"
Single by Sloan
from the album Twice Removed
Format CD single
7"
Genre Indie rock
Length 3:26
Label Geffen Records, murderecords
Writer(s) Chris Murphy, Sloan
Sloan singles chronology
"I Am the Cancer"
(1993)
"Coax Me"
(1994)
"People of the Sky"
(1994)

"Coax Me" is a song by Sloan, off their second album Twice Removed. It was written by Chris Murphy.[1] The song peaked at #30 on the Canadian RPM Singles Chart, spending 12 weeks in the top 100.[2][3] It was also featured on Sloan's compilation album, A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005.

References

  1. ^ Twice Removed - Coax Me, www.sloanmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  2. ^ Top Singles - Volume 60, No. 12, October 10 1994, RPM. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  3. ^ Top Singles - Volume 60, No. 16, November 07 1994, RPM. Retrieved 2009-04-15.



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