S/D: Great Fourth-Choice Singles Off Albums

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Does it start and finish with Something Changed off Different Class?

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 9 February 2003 19:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Technically, it was fifth, since Mis-Shapes and Sorted For E's And Wizz was a double A-Side, so the title of the thread is a bit wrong, yes... leave it out, eh?

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 9 February 2003 19:44 (twenty-three years ago)

'Pleasurehead' of Seafood's When do we start fighting?. The other three were the far less interesting 'rock' tracks.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 10 February 2003 01:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Britneys anticipating. too bad the video is awful

― Chupa-Cabras (vicc13), Monday, 10 February 2003 01:16 (twenty-three years ago)

"Wanna Be Startin' Something" is the champ here, far as I can tell.

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 10 February 2003 01:54 (twenty-three years ago)

"Nancy Boy". Duh.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 10 February 2003 02:25 (twenty-three years ago)

does that really count, though? because in theory, the version of "Come Home" on the LP is different so doesn't necessarily count as a 'single from the album'..

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 10 February 2003 02:28 (twenty-three years ago)

(i so hoped that "find the river" was the fourth sp... seems it was more like the *sixth*... damn, damn, hotdamn!)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 10 February 2003 02:44 (twenty-three years ago)

'Up the hill backwards' was the first 'fourth' single I ever bought (from Bowie's 'Scary Monsters') and it still sounds good to me.

― James Ball (James Ball), Monday, 10 February 2003 09:49 (twenty-three years ago)

I quite like "Even Better Than the Real Thing".

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Janet Jackson's fourth singles include "Control", "It's Alright", "Anytime, Anyplace" (I think, either that one or "Again"), "Go Deep" and "Son Of A Gun".

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Agree w/Matos, though wasn't it the FIFTH? ("Girl is Mine" / "Billie Jean" / "Beat It" / "Thriller"...or did it come after "Thriller"?). Always wondered why there was no video for "Wanna Be Startin' Something"--and did this possibly keep it from reaching #1? (Not that in some ways I'm not glad there wasn't a video for it, just curious).

― dan fitz (danfitz), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:17 (twenty-three years ago)

"move bitch"

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Madonna's fourth singles... "Burning Up", either "Angel" or "Dress You Up", "Open Your Heart", "Keep It Together", "Rain", "Bedtime Story", and "Drowned World/Substitute For Love".

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:23 (twenty-three years ago)

"Hyperballad" was a fourth single?! Well, let's add that to the list.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:53 (twenty-three years ago)

What was the fourth single off of Nevermind? In Bloom perhaps?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 08:10 (twenty-three years ago)

"In Bloom" was the forth single

toss "U Got the Look"/"Housequake" on top, since "Wanna Be Startin Something" was a fifth single (it's on top of that pile, although "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"'s right behind it)

was "Night of the Living Baseheads" a forth single? was "I'm On Fire"?

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 08:17 (twenty-three years ago)

fourth

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 08:19 (twenty-three years ago)

'Hyperballad' - good call Vinnie.

I think 'Don't you want me' was the fourth single from 'Dare' (preceded by 'Sound of the crowd', 'Love Action' and 'Open your heart').

There's not a better single than 'Don't you want me' elsewhere on this thread. Do we have a winner?

― James Ball (James Ball), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:47 (twenty-three years ago)

The Streets 'Don't Mug Yourself' perchance?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 11:31 (twenty-three years ago)

NOVEMBER RAIN MOTHERFUCKERS!

(Assuming you count Use Yr Illusions 1 and 2 as one album, of course)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 12:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll get smacked for this but the new Idlewild single, "A Modern Way of Letting Go" (after "You Held the World...", "American English" and "Live in a Hiding Place"), is a tad more substantial than the others, and rocks out real good-like. Ooga-chaka!

― Simon H., Tuesday, 11 February 2003 12:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Also, what was the fourth single off of "Mellon Collie"?

"Thirty-Three" or "1979"? Either way, add it.

― Simon H., Tuesday, 11 February 2003 12:53 (twenty-three years ago)

"All. Of. My. Heart"

There can surely be no other winner of the truly sentimental vote.

― darren, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 17:09 (twenty-three years ago)

harder, better, faster, stronger.

― michael wells (michael w.), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 17:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Underworld 'King Of Snake' (if you include 'Moaner' - the video of which got shown on MTV but i dont think it got an official single release, it was just to promote the Batman & Robin soundtrack) - if only for the brilliant 'Barking' mix

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)

The Way That I Found You, mayhap.

― alexfack (alexfack), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 19:27 (twenty-three years ago)

The fourth single off Mellon Collie was Tonight Tonight. The order was: Bullet, 1979, Zero, Tonight Tonight, Thirty-Three. Although, Zero was a bit funny and not released everywhere at the same time.

― Laney, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 20:20 (twenty-three years ago)

nine months pass...

Californication. Shoot me.

― man, Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Whatever the fourth single was off of The Prodigy Experience was I'm sure it was great ("Out of Space", maybe?) so I nominate that.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:27 (twenty-two years ago)

What was the fourth single off of Faith? That belongs here, I'll bet. Unless it was "Monkey."

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)

does the Prodigy count, though? most of those songs were singles before there was an album, weren't they?

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I was wondering that too. But TECHNICALLY in the US they all really got released before or in conjunction with the album so. . .

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

"Don't you want me" Human League

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

That was the first one, stew.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you sure Mark?

Oh well then:

"I'm Going To Love You To".

Or "Sunday Girl".

Or "One Way Or Another".

Or "Heart Of Glass".

Or "Picture This".

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry, just checked, and it was
1) picture this
2) telephone
3) Heart of glass
4) SUNDAY GIRL!

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 11:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually I think it depends what country you are / were in:

"I'm Going To Love You Too" was apparently only released as a single in the US, Canada and Holland and "Sunday Girl" doesn't appear to have been released as a single in the US.

Well, that's according to these nice people here anyway.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

And where were you at the time?

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 11:30 (twenty-two years ago)

< guilty > I-I-I.... just looking at a picture of Debbie Harry....

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 11:32 (twenty-two years ago)

I have got "I'm Going To Love You Too" as a single 'though and I'm sure I bought one of the others on import quite a while before it came out over here too because the singles came out in a different order in the US or something.

Not that I was relying on my memory of the chronology 'though 'cos I wouldn't have a clue - I just know that it's the only LP I've ever ownved where I also owned every single track on single / 'B'-side as well and assumed the nice website had put them in chronological order for me and....

.... look, I got it wrong and I'm really sorry - I know how important it is to get things like this right and I promise it'll never happen again, OK?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

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