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Sunday (Sonic Youth song)

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"Sunday"
Song
B-side"Moist Vagina," "Silver Panties," "Sunday (edit)"

"Sunday" was the first and only single from Sonic Youth's 1998 album A Thousand Leaves.

A different recording of the song was also featured on the soundtrack of the film subUrbia. It is the final single by Sonic Youth although they have had a handul of albums since.

The riff was taken from Helium's song "Skeleton"[1].

Single tracklisting

  1. "Sunday" (LP version) – 4:52
  2. "Moist Vagina" – 3:04 (Kurt Cobain)
  3. "Silver Panties" – 4:27
  4. "Sunday" (edit) – 3:15

Moist Vagina was originally by Nirvana, who were friends of the band, and even appeared on the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke touring with Sonic Youth.

Music Video

The video for Sunday is directed by Harmony Korine and stars Macaulay Culkin and Rachel Miner. The video makes liberal use of slow and fast motion cameras and images of ballerinas dancing.

Singles chart

Year Single Chart Peak
1998 "Sunday" UK Singles Chart No. 72

Notes