| "Selling the Drama" | ||||
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 US commercial cassette single | ||||
| Single by Live | ||||
| from the album Throwing Copper | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | February 1994 | |||
| Length | 3:27 | |||
| Label | Radioactive | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Live | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Harrison, Live | |||
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"Selling the Drama" is the first single from Live's 1994 album, Throwing Copper. It reached number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, becoming their first of three singles to reach the top of this chart. The song also reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 49 in Australia, number 41 in Canada and number 30 in the United Kingdom. It achieved its highest peak in the Netherlands, peaking at number 15 on both the Dutch Top 40 and Single Top 100 charts. Live's performance of "Selling the Drama" at Woodstock '94 was their featured song on the Woodstock 94 double album.