| "Black Metallic" | ||||
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| Single by Catherine Wheel | ||||
| from the album Ferment | ||||
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| Released | 11 November 1991 | |||
| Genre | Shoegaze[1][2] | |||
| Length | 7:18 | |||
| Label | Fontana Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rob Dickinson, Brian Futter | |||
| Producer(s) | Catherine Wheel | |||
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"Black Metallic" is the debut single by English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, released on 11 November 1991 by Fontana Records. It was later included on the band's 1992 debut studio album Ferment.
The song "broke, and betrothed Catherine Wheel to the American public", hitting No. 9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and earning "massive attention" due to the band's yearlong American tour and heavy rotation of the song's video on MTV.[3] "Black Metallic" also reached No. 68 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
- ^ Schonfeld, Zach (14 June 2017). "31 Essential Shoegaze Tracks". Stereogum. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Kemp, Sam (13 August 2021). "The 20 songs that define shoegaze". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ a b Hanson, Amy. "Black Metallic - Catherine Wheel | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 September 2021.