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"Hedonism"
Song
B-side"So Sublime"
"Let It Go"
"Strong"
"Song Recovery"
"Countraband"
"I Don't Believe"

"Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" is a song by British rock group Skunk Anansie. It was released in January 1997 as a single from their second album, Stoosh. The song reached #14 in the UK Singles Chart. It also proved to be a top 20 hit in several countries such as France, Sweden and Austria and a top 10 hit in other countries such as Norway and The Netherlands and a #2 hit in Switzerland.[1] In Iceland the song peaked at number 1. It is regarded as one of Skunk Anansie's most known singles and was a popular choice at concerts. Skin performs a version of the song at many of her solo gigs.

Music video

The music video was directed by Thomas Krygier, who also directed "Brazen (Weep)". It shows the band performing in a flat, followed by cutaway scenes that shows various people's instincts in the same flat. The video contained computer-generated imagery to manipulate some of the people's faces in the flat to show their emotions. The video also caused minor controversy when scenes contained two women tongue kiss.

Track listing

CD single - CD1

# Title Length
1. "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" 3:27
2. "So Sublime" 4:56
3. "Let It Go" 4:39
4. "Strong" 3:41

CD single - CD2

# Title Length

Parental Advisory CD:

1. "Hedonism (Acoustic ReMix)" 3:33
2. "Song Recovery" 4:17
3. "CountraBand" 5:22
4. "I Don't Believe" 4:52

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 11
France (SNEP)[3] 20
songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS 12
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[4] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 6
Norway (VG-lista)[6] 8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 14

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 55

Notes

  1. ^ Hedonism Chart Performances @ finnishcharts.com Retrieved June 2009
  2. ^ "Skunk Anasie – Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  3. ^ "Skunk Anasie – Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" (in French). Les classement single.
  4. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (NR. 211 Vikuna 6.3. '97 - 12.3. '97)" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir. Retrieved 11 July 2018. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. ^ "Skunk Anasie – Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  6. ^ "Skunk Anasie – Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)". VG-lista.
  7. ^ "Skunk Anasie – Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)". Singles Top 100.
  8. ^ "Skunk Anasie – Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)". Swiss Singles Chart.
  9. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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