Anthem for a Lost Cause

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"Anthem for a Lost Cause"

Single by Manic Street Preachers

from the album Rewind the Film

Released

25 November 2013

Genre

Alternative rock, folk rock

Length

3:52

Label

Columbia

Songwriter(s)

James Dean Bradfield, Nick Jones, Sean Moore

Producer(s)

Manic Street Preachers, Loz Williams

Manic Street Preachers singles chronology

"Show Me the Wonder"
(2013)

"Anthem for a Lost Cause"
(2013)

"Walk Me to the Bridge"
(2014)

"Anthem for a Lost Cause" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It is the second single released from the band's eleventh studio album, Rewind the Film.^[1]

Background

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Both song and lyrics were written by singer James Dean Bradfield. In an interview, Bradfield stated that the song was about the question of if lyrics today are as important as they were before.

The music video features Tori Lyons, who previously starred in the video for "Show Me the Wonder", reprising her role as a miner's wife in the 1984 miners' strike.^[1] The band stated that Kieran Evans was important for this video as they wanted to capture the feeling of the 80s and how women dealt with the strike. In the video, we see a woman that is trying to survive without her husband.^[1]

Release

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The song was made available by digital download on 25 November 2013, backed up by two songs Death of a Digital Ghost and See It Like Sutherland. A live version of She Is Suffering at the O₂ Arena in 2011 was also in the single digital download. It peaked on number 200 in the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

Track listing

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"Anthem for a Lost Cause"	3:52
2.	"Death of a Digital Ghost"	3:33
3.	"See It Like Sutherland"	3:56
4.	"She Is Suffering" (live at The O2)	5:01

Personnel

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Manic Street Preachers

James Dean Bradfield – lead vocals, guitar
Nicky Wire – bass guitar
Sean Moore – drums

Other personnel

Loz Williams - production, keyboards
Gavin Fitzjohn - horn arrangement, trumpets
Sean Read - horn arrangement, trumpets

Charts

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Chart (2013)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[3]	200

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "'Anthem for a Lost Cause' - the second single taken from the album 'Rewind the Film'". 10 October 2013.
^ "Manic Street Preachers". Official Charts. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "Manic Street Preachers - Official Single Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

External links

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v t e Manic Street Preachers
James Dean Bradfield Sean Moore Nicky Wire Richey Edwards
Studio albums	Generation Terrorists Gold Against the Soul The Holy Bible Everything Must Go This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Know Your Enemy Lifeblood Send Away the Tigers Journal for Plague Lovers Postcards from a Young Man Rewind the Film Futurology Resistance Is Futile The Ultra Vivid Lament
Compilation albums	Forever Delayed Lipstick Traces National Treasures – The Complete Singles Sleep Next to Plastic
EPs	New Art Riot Life Becoming a Landslide
Singles	"Suicide Alley" "Motown Junk" "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" "Stay Beautiful" "Love's Sweet Exile"/"Repeat" "You Love Us" "Slash 'n' Burn" "Motorcycle Emptiness" "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" "Little Baby Nothing" "From Despair to Where" "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" "Roses in the Hospital" "Faster" "Revol" "She Is Suffering" "A Design for Life" "Everything Must Go" "Kevin Carter" "Australia" "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" "The Everlasting" "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" "Tsunami" "The Masses Against the Classes" "So Why So Sad" "Found That Soul" "Ocean Spray" "Let Robeson Sing" "There by the Grace of God" "The Love of Richard Nixon" "Empty Souls" "Underdogs" "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" "Autumnsong" "Indian Summer" "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" "Some Kind of Nothingness" "Postcards from a Young Man" "This Is the Day" "Show Me the Wonder" "Anthem for a Lost Cause" "Walk Me to the Bridge" "Futurology" "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)" "International Blue" "Distant Colours" "Dylan & Caitlin" "Liverpool Revisited" "Hold Me Like a Heaven" "People Give In" "Orwellian" "The Secret He Had Missed" "Rosebud" "Decline and Fall"
Other songs	"4st 7lb" "Peeled Apples"
Video albums	Everything Live Leaving the 20th Century Louder Than War Forever Delayed
Solo Albums	The Great Western I Killed the Zeitgeist Even in Exile Intimism
Related articles	Discography Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair

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