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"Strange"
Single by Wet Wet Wet
from the album 10
Released2 June 1997 (UK)
GenrePop
Length3:46
LabelPolyGram
Songwriter(s)Marti Pellow, Tommy Cunningham, Graeme Clark, Neil Mitchell, Graeme Duffin
Producer(s)Graeme Clark, Graeme Duffin
Wet Wet Wet singles chronology
"If I Never See You Again"
(1997)
"Strange"
(1997)
"Yesterday/Maybe I'm in Love"
(1997)

"Strange" is a song by Wet Wet Wet, released as the second single from their seventh studio album, 10. It was released on 2 June 1997, charting at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's 19th top 20 hit in the UK.[1]

Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile.

Track listings

CD 1:

  1. "Strange"
  2. "Lip Service" (live at Hook End)
  3. "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now" (live at Wembley Arena)

CD 2:

  1. "Strange" (radio edit)
  2. "If I Never See You Again" (live at Hook End)
  3. "Theme from Grand Prix"
  4. "Strange" (LP version)

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[2] 10
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[3] 76
Invalid chart entered Germany2 95
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 83
Scotland (OCC)[5] 5
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 13

References

  1. ^ "WET WET WET". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Wet Wet Wet – Strange" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 14, no. 26. 28 June 1997. p. 18. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Wet Wet Wet – Strange" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2018.