Released 28 October 1991 Recorded Mid 1991 Label Columbia | Format 7" and 12" vinyl, CD Genre Glam metal
pop rock | |
B-side "Repeat (UK)"
"Democracy Coma" (12", CD)
"Stay Beautiful (Live)" (limited edition 12") | ||
"Love's Sweet Exile" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 28 October 1991 by record label Columbia as the second single from their debut album Generation Terrorists (1992). The B-side, "Repeat (UK)", appears on the same album.
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Content
The track "Love's Sweet Exile" was originally called "Faceless Sense of Void". The principal difference between the two is that the original version does not have the chorus of the recorded version. The melody for the chorus was taken from another unreleased Manic Street Preachers song, "Just Can't Be Happy Without You". The band – James Dean Bradfield in particular – have said that they dislike the version recorded for Generation Terrorists
Release
"Love's Sweet Exile" was released on 28 October 1991 by record label Columbia. The single reached number 26 in the UK Singles Chart on 9 November 1991, making it the band's highest charting single at that point.
The CD and standard 12" included "Democracy Coma" (which was an album track on the U.S. version of the debut album). There was also a limited gatefold 12" with a bonus live version of "Stay Beautiful".
Music video
The video for the song directed by W.I.Z. is notorious for its homoerotic imagery. Band members and lyricists Nicky Wire and Richey James Edwards are apparently naked while in close contact with each other, while Bradfield is also apparently naked, with an archery-like target drawn on his chest.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire; all music composed by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore.