| "Reverence" | ||||
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| Single by the Jesus and Mary Chain | ||||
| from the album Honey's Dead | ||||
| B-side | "Heat" | |||
| Released | 3 February 1992[1] | |||
| Genre | Electronic rock[2] | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Blanco y Negro | |||
| Songwriter(s) | William Reid, Jim Reid | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Reid, William Reid | |||
| The Jesus and Mary Chain singles chronology | ||||
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"Reverence" is a song by Scottish alternative rock group the Jesus and Mary Chain, released as the first single from the group's fourth studio album, Honey's Dead (1992). It was released by Blanco y Negro Records on 3 February 1992, reaching number 10 on the UK Single Chart and number 21 in Ireland. BBC TV banned the song from airing due to the lyrics "I want to die just like Jesus Christ / I want to die just like J-F-K", but it was not banned from BBC Radio One.[3]
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 1 February 1992. p. 19.
- ^ Gerard, Chris (19 April 2021). "The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the '90s: 100 - 81". PopMatters. p. 2. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Off the Record". Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 10. 7 March 1992. p. 22.