Black Nite Crash
| "Black Nite Crash" | ||||
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| Single by Ride | ||||
| from the album Tarantula | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 12 February 1996 | |||
| Recorded | London 1995 | |||
| Length | 2:34 | |||
| Label | Creation | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Ride singles chronology | ||||
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"Black Nite Crash" is a single by English shoegazing band Ride, from their album Tarantula. It reached number 67 on the UK Singles Chart on 24 February 1996.[2] The single was released shortly before the band's break up, and was awarded single of the week by the weekly music magazine Melody Maker.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Andy Bell except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Black Nite Crash" | 2:34 |
| 2. | "Nothing Lasts Forever" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Slave" (Mark Gardener) | 3:50 |
| 4. | "A Trip Down Ronnie Lane" | 3:37 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Black Nite Crash" | 2:34 |
| 2. | "Nothing Lasts Forever" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Slave" (Mark Gardener) | 3:50 |
| 4. | "A Trip Down Ronnie Lane" | 3:37 |
- Track 4 features a short untitled bonus track after "A Trip Down Ronnie Lane" and 11:08 of silence. The track, which is approximately 0:23 in duration uses the same tune as "Wilmot" by Sabres of Paradise (a single from 1994), which in turn uses a sample of a track from 1931 by Wilmoth Houdini entitled "Black But Sweet"
Personnel
[edit]Ride
- Loz Colbert – drums
- Steve Queralt – bass guitar
- Mark Gardener – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Andy Bell – vocals, lead guitar
Additional musicians
- Nick Moorbath – piano, Rhodes, Hammond
- Jeff Scantlebury – percussion
Technical personnel
- negativespace – design
- Paul Motion – engineering
- Richard "Digby" Smith – producer
- Mark Freegard – mixing
References
[edit]- ^ "ASCAP Songview repertory entry for this song". Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "Ride - Black Nite Crash". Official Charts Company. 1996-02-24. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
