Slide Away (The Verve song)

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"Slide Away"

Single by Verve

from the album A Storm in Heaven

Released

20 September 1993

Studio

Sawmills

Length

4:03

Label

Hut

Songwriter(s)

Nick McCabe, Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones, Peter Salisbury

Producer(s)

John Leckie

Verve singles chronology

"Blue"
(1993)

"Slide Away"
(1993)

"This Is Music"
(1995)

"Slide Away" is a song by the English rock band the Verve. It scraped the top 100 in the UK singles chart, peaking at #98. The song was taken from the band's first album A Storm in Heaven. Although the single was not a success on the conventional charts, the song shot straight to the top of US Indie Rock charts throughout 1993, and due to the popularity of the song The Verve were invited onto the successful 1990s alternative rock festival, Lollapalooza, in the following year, 1994.

In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Slide Away" at number 82 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.

"Slide Away" was used in the 1994 film The New Age.^[1] It was also used in the episode "Ugly" of the American television series House M.D.^[2]

Music video

The music video features the band walking and hitchhiking through a rural area. Later on, the band plays inside a brothel. The video ends with the band socializing with the prostitutes.

Track listing

CD HUTCD 35

"Slide Away"
"Make It Til' Monday" (acoustic version)
"Virtual World" (acoustic version)

7" HUT 35

"Slide Away"
"6 O'Clock"

12" HUTT 35

"Slide Away"
"Make It Til' Monday" (acoustic version)
"Virtual World" (acoustic version)

US version

In 1994, "Slide Away" was released for the American market - with a different track listing. The single was distributed by American label Vernon Yard Recordings.

CD promo DPRO-12790

"Slide Away"

References

^ "The New Age soundtrack". www.moviemusic.com.
^ "House MD Episodes: Season 4 #407 "Ugly"". www.housemd-guide.com.

External links

Video on YouTube

v t e The Verve
Nick McCabe Richard Ashcroft Simon Jones Peter Salisbury Simon Tong
Studio albums	A Storm in Heaven A Northern Soul Urban Hymns Forth
Compilations	No Come Down This Is Music: The Singles 92–98
Extended plays	The Verve E.P. Voyager 1
Singles	"All in the Mind" "She's a Superstar" "Gravity Grave" "Blue" "Slide Away" "This Is Music" "On Your Own" "History" "Bitter Sweet Symphony" "The Drugs Don't Work" "Lucky Man" "Sonnet" "Love Is Noise" "Rather Be"
Other songs	"The Thaw Session"
Related articles	Discography RPA & The United Nations of Sound Black Submarine The Shining The Good, the Bad & the Queen

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