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Merseybeast (song)

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Released
  
May 1996

Recorded
  
1996

Label
  
This Way Up

Format
  
7" vinyl, CD

Genre
  
Rock

Writer(s)
  
Robert Ian McNabb

"Merseybeast" is the ninth single released by Ian McNabb after disbanding the Icicle Works. The song was the second and last to be released from the critically acclaimed album of the same name; Merseybeast. The single charted at number 74 on the official UK charts. The CD single came in two distinct 'halves'; the spines of which could be connected to display one collective spine.

Contents

Track listings

CD: Disc 1

  1. Merseybeast (Radio Edit) (4:17)
  2. Up Here In The North Of England (Demo, January '86) (5:07)
  3. Permanent Damage (Demo, September, '88) (3:36)
  4. Merseybeast (Demo, March, '95) (7:00)

CD: Disc 2

  1. Merseybeast (LP Version) (6:49)
  2. Pretty Boys With Big Guitars (5:02)
  3. The Slider (3:38)
  4. Snaked (4:50)

7" Record

  1. Merseybeast (Radio Edit) (4:17)
  2. Up Here In The North Of England (Demo, Jan. '86) (5:07)

Music Video

The music video shows Ian travelling through Liverpool flanked by a garden gnome and an astronaut.

References

Merseybeast (song) Wikipedia