| "Sale of the Century" | ||||
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| Single by Sleeper | ||||
| from the album The It Girl | ||||
| Released | 22 April 1996[1] | |||
| Genre | Britpop | |||
| Length | 4:35 | |||
| Label | Indolent | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Louise Wener, Andy MacLure | |||
| Producer(s) | Stephen Street | |||
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"Sale of the Century" is a song by Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist/guitarist Louise Wener and drummer Andy Maclure. In Europe, "Sale of the Century" was the second single to be released from their second album The It Girl in 1996 and became the group's first top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Louise Wener said of the protagonist of "Sale of the Century": "Love makes you a little insane, yet rationality always kicks in. Dreamy persistence fascinates me, but so does powerlessness, ruined lives, and people who can't or don't get what they want."[3]
"Sale of the Century" was backed with "Atomic", the band's cover of the Blondie hit single, recorded for the Trainspotting soundtrack.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 20 April 1996. p. 27.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 507. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ White, Timothy (4 May 1996). "Sleeper: Nobody Does "It" Better". Billboard. Retrieved 29 November 2018.