when the last track on the album is the first single

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it's just another list thread. (i'm curious to read the non-indie examples, but feel free to include whatever).

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 30 May 2004 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link

(i say that because indie is allowed to have morose singles).

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 30 May 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link

i can't think of any off-hand.. strange

― chris andrews (fraew), Sunday, 30 May 2004 21:53 (nineteen years ago) link

lambchop's "is a woman" is one, i think.

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link

oh no, actually i'm wrong about that.

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link

(why does it say "(4 new answers, 5 total)" next to this thread on the new answers page? was there a deleted post or something?)

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:03 (nineteen years ago) link

(oh look, it fixed itself, nevermind)

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:03 (nineteen years ago) link

"Under Pressure" from Queen's Hot Space

"Can't Get Enough Of You Baby" from Smashmouth's Astro Lounge

"I'm A Believer" from Smashmouth's Smashmouth

(all three were cases where a stand-alone single was tacked onto the next album, but hey)

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link

"Huffer" from The Breeders' 'Title TK'
"Mr E's Beautiful Blues" from Eels 'Daisies of the Galaxy'

Both indie, but not really morose so, hey.

― wombatX (wombatX), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Blur's "This is a Low" (which is the last song if not the last track on Parklife) was a UK single

― de, Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:38 (nineteen years ago) link

first single, de.

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:39 (nineteen years ago) link

this is a low was never released as a single

― the surface noise made by people (electricsound), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:40 (nineteen years ago) link

x-post oh right

yes it was esoj

― de, Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:41 (nineteen years ago) link

well blow me it looks like it wasn't
It was played as 'a future single' on the radio, quite extensively, I know that's true.
Right I've been useless on here, ignore everything I've said k thx bye.

― de, Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:46 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm thinking of removing the 'first single' qualifier.

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 30 May 2004 23:22 (nineteen years ago) link

"carrot rope"!

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 30 May 2004 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Damn you cindy I was just about to say "Carrot Rope." Now my contributions to this thread are nullified.

― Serya (Z_Ayres), Sunday, 30 May 2004 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, last song as a first single is kinda tough.

― Bimble (bimble), Sunday, 30 May 2004 23:56 (nineteen years ago) link

i mean the "first" qualifier. "single" stays. ok, carry on.

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 30 May 2004 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Adorable -- I'll Be Your Saint (last track on "Against Perfection")

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 31 May 2004 01:17 (nineteen years ago) link

that was a case of it being tacked on later - it wasn't on the UK or Aust versions of that album

― the surface noise made by people (electricsound), Monday, 31 May 2004 01:18 (nineteen years ago) link

Mogwai -- Mogwai Fear Satan ("Young Team")

xpost - oh, ok, it was on the US version.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 31 May 2004 01:19 (nineteen years ago) link

Only one I can think of is "Comforting Sounds" by Mew.

― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 31 May 2004 01:21 (nineteen years ago) link

Sting "Brand New Day"

― bahtology, Monday, 31 May 2004 02:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Doesn't "Train in Vain", as the young folks say, own this thread????

― peepee (peepee), Monday, 31 May 2004 02:41 (nineteen years ago) link

This meets the original criteria:

Orbital -- Style (from "Middle of Nowhere")
And the second single, "Nothing Left", is the penultimate track!

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 31 May 2004 03:19 (nineteen years ago) link

So does this:

CAN - Spoon, from Ege Bamyasi

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Monday, 31 May 2004 05:30 (nineteen years ago) link

too bad "Fight the Power" doesn't count

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Monday, 31 May 2004 05:32 (nineteen years ago) link

I just listened to fight the power, like five minutes ago. weird.

also, the Chambers Brothers - Time has come today, from The time has come (albeit released as a much shorter radio friendly edit, but isn't that what singles are about)

Was No 1 Song in Heaven the first single off the sparks album?

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Monday, 31 May 2004 05:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Anti-pop Consortium - What am i?, from Tragic Epilogue
The Ojay's - Love Train, from Back Stabbers

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Monday, 31 May 2004 05:42 (nineteen years ago) link

War, "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Donna Summer, "I Feel Love"
Parliament, "Flash Light"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 31 May 2004 08:16 (nineteen years ago) link

was "it ain't hard to tell" the 3rd single from the album?

― m. (mitchlnw), Monday, 31 May 2004 08:53 (nineteen years ago) link

we dropped that qualifier

― the surface noise made by people (electricsound), Monday, 31 May 2004 08:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Aaliyah, "Try Again" (from Aaliyah - first single, too)
Tori Amos, "1000 Oceans" (from To Venus And Back)
Björk, "All Is Full Of Love" (from Homogenic)

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 31 May 2004 09:09 (nineteen years ago) link

The Who, "Won't Get Fooled Again"
The Who, "Who Are You"
Iron Butterfly, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
Rolling Stones, "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
The Stooges, "L.A. Blues"

OK, I made that last one up!
Seriously though, the other four were all first-released singles, as were two of my previous three. "Flash Light" I'm not sure about - it may have been the second or even the third single.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 31 May 2004 11:15 (nineteen years ago) link

Was "Riders On The Storm" the first single off "LA Woman"?

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Monday, 31 May 2004 11:21 (nineteen years ago) link

The Stone Roses "Love Spreads" from "Second Coming".

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Monday, 31 May 2004 11:24 (nineteen years ago) link

i suppose you could also add "Soon" by My Bloody Valentine from "Loveless", although it had been available for over a year before the LP came out.

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Monday, 31 May 2004 11:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Suede "Saturday Night" from "Coming Up"
and The Chemical Bros. "Private Psychedelic Reel" from "Dig Your Own Hole"

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Monday, 31 May 2004 11:30 (nineteen years ago) link

Renée And Renato: 'Save Your Love', can't remember the name of the album.
... and 'Trash', not 'Saturday Night' was the first single off 'Coming Up'. And surely 'Block Rockin' Beats' was the first single off 'Dig Your Own Hole'?

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 31 May 2004 14:30 (nineteen years ago) link

"Bohemian Rhapsody," Queen, A Night at the Opera (I know they played "God Save the Queen" at the end of the record for a minute.)

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 31 May 2004 14:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Capone N Noreaga - Closer
ARE Weapons - Hey World (i *think*)

― jake in portland (cerybut), Monday, 31 May 2004 17:29 (nineteen years ago) link

NIN -- Hurt

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 31 May 2004 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Xpost to Jonathan Z.

I think "Love Her Madly" was the first single off of L.A. Woman, but I can't guarantee it.

― jim wentworth (wench), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 00:55 (nineteen years ago) link

"get low" is 19 of 21.

― g--ff (gcannon), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 00:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Isn't "Just a Little While" the last track on the new Janet Jackson?
Also, if you're dropping the qualifier, "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", Radiohead.

― Simon H., Tuesday, 1 June 2004 01:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Human League - "Don't You Want Me" (from Dare)

I can't believe no one posted that yet!

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 01:29 (nineteen years ago) link

"Mrs Robinson" off the Lemonheads "Its a Shame About Ray" though again, I think that was tacked on afterwards, wasnt it.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 02:38 (nineteen years ago) link

yep

― the surface noise made by people (electricsound), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link

"Hey Hey My My"? It wasn't any kind of hit, so I can't find info anywhere, but I think that "This Is Uncool" author picked it as one of his favorite singles.

― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 12:28 (nineteen years ago) link

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"Take a Bow" is the closer on Bedtime Stories and it always sounds out of place to me.

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link

but wasnt "secret" the first single from bedtime stories?

― petesmith (plsmith), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link

The Clash - Train In Vain, unless i'm mistaken?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes but that qualifier was removed a while ago upthread.
(x-post)

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Young Americans would feel completely different to me if it closed with, say, "Somebody Up There Likes Me" instead of "Fame." With the latter closing, it felt like Bowie was saying, "here's a clue to where I'm going next," which he indeed pursued with the even stiffer funk of Station to Station. After David Sanborn and the backing vocalists dominated most of YA, he used the closing track to reclaim the album for himself. I dig.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 21:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Doubt this counts for accuracy, but "Would?" from Alice in Chains' Dirt (original release as single via Singles soundtrack duly acknowledged).

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link

"Long As I Can See the Light" - CCR, Cosmo's Factory
"Josie" - Steely Dan, Aja

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 13 October 2005 00:35 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't really know why it felt hip but I guess because "Summer in the City" is the most mainstream way to talk about subversive New York culture ("but at night it's a different world") that it is like a day-glo forebearer released in '66 about how whacked out the rest of that decade was going to get. The other tracks on the album just don't match that song's I guess cultural awareness and by it coming at the end it works in the same way that Joseph described "Fame" at the end of Young Americans but on a broader level than just what the group was going to do next and more where even the jangliest pop was to some degree heading.

It reminds me of "Sunset People" thematically and effectually from the end of Bad Girls in that it just sort of wanders off into the night and there anything can happen.

― jared, Thursday, 13 October 2005 02:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Actually, "Don't You Want Me" came after "Sound of the Crowd" if I'm not mistaken (please tell me I'm not).
And "Just Can't Get Enough" was a second single.

All I can think of is "California Rhinoplasty" from Matmos' A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure.

― naus (Robert T), Thursday, 13 October 2005 04:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Oasis "Let there be love" off "Don't believe the truth"

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:18 (eighteen years ago) link

portishead - glory box
-- mrh (alternativere...), October 12th, 2005.

i think 'numb' came first, and 'lyla!' was the first single off the oasis lp.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:22 (eighteen years ago) link

'Sour Times' was before 'Glory Box' too iirc

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Blur's "This is a Low" (which is the last song if not the last track on Parklife) was a UK single
-- de (ke...), May 30th, 2004.

so neither the first single nor the last track then! woot!

― N_RQ, Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:25 (eighteen years ago) link

or, being accurate, a single at all.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:25 (eighteen years ago) link

There was a promo, if that helps.

xpost I thought we'd dropped the "first" single qualif?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:38 (eighteen years ago) link

There's life in the 'first' single qualifier yet:

The Sweetest Girl off Songs To Remember.

― Buffalo Stan (Buffalo Stan), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Galaxie 500's Today ("Tugboat")

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:38 (eighteen years ago) link

a quick search from http://pheadweb.com/singles.htm shows the portishead singles in the UK as :

glory box: Apr 04 94
numb: Jun 06 94
sour times: Jul 25 94

looks like they were possibly in a different order in other countries though.

― mrh (mark h), Thursday, 13 October 2005 12:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Neil Young--Rocking in the Free World (last song on Freedom)

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Thursday, 13 October 2005 14:13 (eighteen years ago) link

I kinda like it when an LP-closing single feels a little more self-consciously trivial, happy-go-luckier you might say, than the music that preceded it. "Train In Vain" is like that, and so are "Flash Light" and "Love Train". It's as tho they're saying "Here's one you probably know already, just a bit of silly nonsense really, but we enjoyed recording it. Hope you like it." Has a sort of humanizing effect, in a way...I don't know what I mean...

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link

OTM. Didn't The Clash originally take that too far by not even listing "Train In Vain" on the sleeve?

I came THIS close to offering Dexys' Too-Rye-Ay, but "Come On Eileen" wasn't actually its first UK single, and more shockingly, I find that it wasn't even the last track on some copies!?! *brain melts*

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 14 October 2005 21:13 (eighteen years ago) link

glory box: Apr 04 94
numb: Jun 06 94
sour times: Jul 25 94

Interesting. Is "Sour Times" not the most popular Portishead song in the UK, though? In the US, if you know nothing else by Portishead, you know that song.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 14 October 2005 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Didn't The Clash originally take that too far by not even listing "Train In Vain" on the sleeve?

The sleeve was done before the song was written & recorded.

― kit brash (kit brash), Saturday, 15 October 2005 12:45 (eighteen years ago) link

prince batdance - batman soundtrack. this might be the best selling,most popular and highest charting lp.

paul mccartney - freedom - not listed in book.
the 16th song on a 15 track but it's not hidden - the sticker says "freedom".

inxs - shabooh shoobah
i think "don't change" was the first single ???

― retroboy, Saturday, 15 October 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Oasis "Let there be love" off "Don't believe the truth"
-- mark grout (mark.grou...), October 13th, 2005.
"lyla " was the first single,dude

― retroboy, Saturday, 15 October 2005 13:27 (eighteen years ago) link

new order didn't include " blue monday " on early copies.
psuedo echo didn't include " funkytown " on early copies.

― retroboy, Saturday, 15 October 2005 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link

George Harrison "Got My Mind Set On You"
-- Elvis Telecom (quartzcit...), June 24th, 2004.
you beat me to it - i discovered disappointingly this song was about 30 years old.

today's my birthay.

― retroboy, Saturday, 15 October 2005 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Not the first single, but "Champagne Supernova" closing What's The Story...

― Eazy (Eazy), Saturday, 15 October 2005 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link

2nd single-Cars:Dangerous Type

― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Saturday, 15 October 2005 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link

"Long As I Can See the Light" - CCR, Cosmo's Factory

This album spawned no less than seven charters.

Travelin' Band
Who'll Stop The Rain
Up Around The Bend
Run Through The Jungle
Lookin' Out My Back Door
Long As I Can See The Light
I Heard It Through The Grapevine

But I always thought Lookin' Out My Back Door was the first to be released as a single, granted with Long As I Can See The Light as a b side, which later got it's own airplay. I could be totally wrong though, just going from memory on this one. Great album!

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 16 October 2005 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link

six years pass...

Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea" / Washing Machine
Nas - "If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)" / It Was Written
Pulp - "Sunrise" / We Love Life

― Planned Perrintweet (some dude), Friday, 20 January 2012 12:43 (twelve years ago) link

Beyonce - "Run The World (Girls)" / 4

― @51TimesNo (some dude), Friday, 20 January 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link

eight months pass...

Green Day - "Oh Love" / ¡Uno!

― some dude, Thursday, 18 October 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link

Grateful Dead: "Truckin'" (American Beauty)

― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 18 October 2012 03:54 (eleven years ago) link

Farrah Abraham - "Finally Getting Up From Rock Bottom" (My Teenage Dream Ended)

― Oneohchex Point Charlie (Spectrist), Thursday, 18 October 2012 04:59 (eleven years ago) link

^ haha was just gonna mention that!

― teledyldonix, Thursday, 18 October 2012 05:24 (eleven years ago) link

^ clicked on this thread specificallly to post that

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 18 October 2012 11:12 (eleven years ago) link

Word Of Mouth by Mike & The Mechanics
Constant Craving by kd lang

― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link

Lucky Man by ELP

― frogbs, Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link

Destroyer - Bay of Pigs (Kaputt)

― MarkoP, Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link

two years pass...

ariel pink's "baby" cover (mature themes)

― soyrev, Monday, 31 August 2015 05:48 (eight years ago) link

Mr E's Beautiful Blues was the first single off "Daisies of the Galaxy" and was actually so the last track, it was the 'unlisted extra track'

The Eels, obv.

― Mark G, Monday, 31 August 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link

was gonna say C-Murder's "Down for My Ns" but damn it, "Street Thugs" appears after it.

― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 31 August 2015 21:37 (eight years ago) link

Al Stewart - "Year of the Cat"

― henry s, Monday, 31 August 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link

"Better Be Home Soon" - Crowded House, Temple of Low Men

― Turkey, Monday, 31 August 2015 23:22 (eight years ago) link

Lady Gaga - "Applause" Artpop

― Sharia Law and Lambchop (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 00:52 (eight years ago) link

Saw this at the record store today, did the research, and it's a kinda-sorta:

Julie Brown - "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun" Trapped in the Body of A White Girl (It was the more popular b-side to "I Like 'Em Big And Stupid")

― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link

Barry White did it a few times. I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby, Let The Music Play and Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up were the lead singles and the last songs on their albums.

The Go-Betweens - Man O' Sand Girl O' Sea from Spring Hill Fair

Madonna - Everybody from her debut

Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl from Songs To Remember

The Flaming Lips - Bad Days from Clouds Taste Metallic

Todd Terje - Inspector Norse from It's Album Time

― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:33 (eight years ago) link

Commodores - Easy from Zoom/Commodores

― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:39 (eight years ago) link

eight months pass...

Lemonade

― soyrev, Friday, 6 May 2016 04:43 (seven years ago) link

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