History (The Verve song)

"History"
Single by the Verve
from the album A Northern Soul
Released18 September 1995 (1995-09-18)[1]
StudioOlympic (London, England)
Length
  • 5:28 (album version)
  • 4:02 (radio edit)
LabelHut
Songwriter(s)The Verve
Producer(s)
  • Owen Morris
  • the Verve
The Verve singles chronology
"On Your Own"
(1995)
"History"
(1995)
"Bitter Sweet Symphony"
(1997)

"History" is a song by English rock band the Verve. It was included on their second album, A Northern Soul (1995), and was released 18 September 1995 as the third and final single from the album, charting at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is notable for being released after the band's sudden first break-up (the sign on the CD1 cover reads 'all farewells should be sudden'). In 2014, NME ranked it at number 312 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[2] There was no original music video filmed for the single. Instead, an official compilation of clips from the Verve's previous music videos was created by Richard Ashcroft.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 16 September 1995. p. 49.
  2. ^ "Rocklist.net....NME The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.. 2014". www.rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2021.