B-side Going Down Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl Length 4:11 | Released February 1989 (UK) Genre Madchester | |
Recorded Zomba's Battery Studios
Konk Studios
Rockfield | ||
"Made of Stone" is a single from The Stone Roses' eponymous debut album.
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The band made their début on national British TV by performing this song on the BBC's The Late Show in September 1989. A minute into the song, the power went out, prompting lead singer Ian Brown to walk off stage, cursing the venue.
The song has seen use in the 1997 American film, Heaven or Vegas and in the PSP 2005 videogame World Tour Soccer.
The song references Jackson Pollock's No. 5, 1948 in the B-side "Going Down". Pollock's paintings influenced the cover art that guitarist John Squire made for the single and the album. The 12" vinyl's B-side "Guernica" is "Made of Stone" in reverse and with dubbed-over, unrelated lyrics.
1989 release
catalogue number in black
- Made of Stone (4:11)
- Going Down (2:46)
catalogue number in black
- Made of Stone (4:11)
- Going Down (2:46)
- Guernica (4:23)
1990 reissue
catalogue number in blue
- Made of Stone (4:11)
- Going Down (2:46)
catalogue number in blue on 12" vinyl
- Made of Stone (4:11)
- Going Down (2:46)
- Guernica (4:23)