Suffocate (Feeder song)

"Suffocate"
Song by Feeder from the album Polythene (album)
Released	19 May 1997
Recorded	Mid 1996
Genre	Grunge
Label	Echo

"Suffocate"
Single by Feeder
Released	February 16, 1998
Format	CD, 7" single
Recorded	late 1997
Length	4:42
Label	Echo
Producer(s)	Grant Nicholas, Chris Sheldon
Feeder singles chronology
"High" (1997) "Suffocate" (1998) "Day In Day Out" (1999)

"Suffocate" is a track by UK rock band Feeder re-recorded from their 1997 album Polythene, and was released as an in-between single to bridge the gap between the then-current album, and its follow-up Yesterday Went Too Soon. Feeder would later repeat this in-between single process building up to a following album, with "Just a Day" in 2001 and "Shatter" / "Tender" in 2005. The single reached the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 37.

The version of "Suffocate" released as a single is a full-band version of the acoustic track from the "Polythene" album, with slightly amended lyrics. The song began life in 1994 as part of the band's demo under the name "Give". At that time the band were called "Real". At the time of its single release, Grant Nicholas said that he wanted to revisit the song.

Frontman Grant also once said that "Give" was the song that secured the band's record deal, which in turn was one of the reasons for its inclusion on The Singles.^[1]

Track listing

CD1

1. "Suffocate" (single version)
2. "Eclipse"
3. "Cockroach"
4. "High" (Live from Reading 97' video)

CD2

1. "Suffocate" (single version)
2. "Dry" (acoustic)
3. "Spill"
4. "Descend" (Live from Reading 97' video)

7" vinyl (Dark Purple)

1. "Suffocate" (single version)
2. "Eclipse"

References

1. MySpace.com: Grant Nicholas on Feeder - The Singles, track by track

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics