| "Leave Them All Behind" | ||||
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| Single by Ride | ||||
| from the album Going Blank Again | ||||
| B-side | "Chrome Waves" "Grasshopper" | |||
| Released | 3 February 1992 | |||
| Recorded | May–November 1991 | |||
| Studio | Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Chipping Norton Blackbarn Studios, Ripley | |||
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| Length | 8:17 | |||
| Label | Creation/Sire | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Andy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt | |||
| Producer(s) | Alan Moulder, Ride | |||
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"Leave Them All Behind" is a song by the British rock band Ride. It was released on 3 February 1992 as the lead single from the band's second studio album Going Blank Again, of which it is the opening track. The song's lyrics are a confident statement about Ride's musical talent relative to the rest of the shoegaze scene, which is why the band wanted to release it as the album's first single.[3] It features both of the band's singers, Andy Bell and Mark Gardener, on lead vocals.
The song was Ride's most commercially successful single, debuting at No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart, their highest-ever position. It also became the first single released on Creation Records to reach the top ten in the United Kingdom.[4] "Leave Them All Behind" is commonly recognized as one of Ride's best songs as well as one of the greatest accomplishments in the shoegaze genre.[4][5]
- ^ "The 20 songs that define shoegaze". 13 August 2021.
- ^ Bradley, Larry (November 4, 2014). "The 1990s: Ride - "Leave Them All Behind". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.
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- ^ "The 20 songs that define shoegaze". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2022-09-01.