Sweet Catatonia

"Sweet Catatonia"
Single by Catatonia
from the album Way Beyond Blue
Released 1996
Format CD
Genre Alternative Rock
Label Blanco y Negro
Writer(s) Cerys Matthews/Mark Roberts
Producer(s) Paul Sampson/Stephen Street
Catatonia singles chronology
"Bleed"
(1995)		 "Sweet Catatonia"
(1996)		 "Lost Cat"
(1996)

"Sweet Catatonia" is a song recorded by the Welsh band Catatonia, taken from their first studio album, Way Beyond Blue. It was written by Cerys Matthews and Mark Roberts, and produced by Paul Sampson and Stephen Street. The title of the track was the original name for the band.

Recording and release

Sweet Catatonia was released on 18 January 1996, with a cover painted by Elfyn Lewis. He was the housemate of band members, Cerys Matthews and Mark Roberts, and would go on the paint three single and one album covers for Catatonia. A launch party was held at The Louisiana, Bristol.[1] The name "Sweet Catatonia" had been the original title for the band, when it was a duo of Matthews and Roberts.[2]

The single received a great deal of press coverage, increasing the expectations of both the band and the label,[3] but only peaked at number 61 in the charts. But, this was the first time a Catatonia song had entered the UK charts.[4]

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[4] 61

Notes

  1. ↑ Owens 2000, p. 134.
  2. ↑ Owens 2000, p. 42.
  3. ↑ Owens 2000, p. 136.
  4. 1 2 "Catatonia". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

References

  • Owens, David (2000). Cerys, Catatonia and the Rise of Welsh Pop. London: Ebury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-0918-7412-4. 

External links

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