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Temptation (Wet Wet Wet song)

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Released
  
7 March 1988 (UK)

Recorded
  
1986

Label
  
PolyGram

Format
  
CD, 7", 12"

Genre
  
Soft rock

Length
  
5:01 (album version) 3:59 (single version)

"Temptation" was the fourth and final single from Wet Wet Wet's debut album, Popped In Souled Out. It was released on 7 March 1988, and reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

Three versions of the song have been released. The original album version contains a longer middle eight than the single version, which was broadcast on radio. The version that appears on End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits has the profanity waste my fucking spirit edited out.

Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile.

Title lyric: You gimme, gimme, gimme temptation, baby.

Track listings

CD:

  1. "Temptation" (extended version)
  2. "Bottled Emotions (Keen for Loving)"
  3. "I Remember" (extended version)
  4. "Heaven Help Us All"

7":

  1. "Temptation"
  2. "Bottled Emotions (Keen for Loving)"

12":

  1. "Temptation"
  2. "Bottled Emotions (Keen for Loving)"
  3. "I Remember" (extended version)

References

Temptation (Wet Wet Wet song) Wikipedia