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Selling the Drama

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Released
  
February 1994

Label
  
Radioactive

Length
  
3:27

B-side
  
"The Dam at Otter Creek" "Shit Towne" "Lightning Crashes"

Format
  
7", 10", 12", CD, Cassette

Genre
  
Alternative rock, post-grunge

"Selling the Drama" is the first single from Live's 1994 album, Throwing Copper. It reached #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, becoming their first of three singles to reach the top of this chart. The song reached #43 on the Billboard Hot 100. Live's performance of "Selling The Drama" at Woodstock '94 was their featured song on the Woodstock '94 double album.

Contents

Music video

The video is set in a wooded area and filmed in both black & white and color, showing the band playing the song and lead singer Ed Kowalczyk tearing pages out of a book. The video is notable for one of the last appearances of Kowalczyk's long hair, which he shaved off around the time that "I Alone" was released as a single.

Charts

As well as reaching #43 in the US, it charted at #30 in the UK, #41 in Canada, #15 in the Netherlands and #49 in Australia.

Track listings

All songs written by Live:

US cassette
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:26
  2. "Lightning Crashes" - 5:25
Australian CD
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:26
  2. "The Dam at Otter Creek" - 4:40
  3. "Shit Towne" - 3:48
UK CD (RAXTD 11)
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:27
  2. "Selling the Drama" (Acoustic) - 3:40
  3. "White, Discussion" - 4:39
UK CD (RAXTD 17)
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:26
  2. "I Alone (Bootleg)" - 4:23
  3. "Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)" (Bootleg) - 4:53
UK CD (RAXXD 17)
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:26
  2. "The Dam at Otter Creek" (Bootleg) - 5:35
  3. "Selling the Drama" (Bootleg) - 3:35
UK cassette (RAXC 11)
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:26
  2. "Selling the Drama" (Acoustic) - 3:40
  3. "White, Discussion" - 4:40
UK cassette (RAXC 17)
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:25
  2. "The Dam at Otter Creek" (Bootleg) - 3:35
European CD
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:26
  2. "The Dam at Otter Creek" (Bootleg) - 5:35
  3. "Selling the Drama" (Bootleg) - 3:35
French CD
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:27
  2. "Selling the Drama" (Acoustic) - 3:38
German CD (RAD 31974)
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:27
  2. "Selling the Drama" (Acoustic) - 3:40
  3. "White, Discussion" (Special Radio Edit) - 4:40
German CD (RAD 32228)
  1. "Selling the Drama" - 3:27
  2. "Selling the Drama" (Acoustic) - 3:38

References

Selling the Drama Wikipedia
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