The Emperor's New Clothes (song)

"The Emperor's New Clothes"
Single by Sinéad O'Connor
from the album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
B-side
Released5 June 1990
Genre
Length5:16 (album/12" version)
4:29 (video version)
4:16 (7" version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Sinéad O'Connor
Producer(s)Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor singles chronology
"Nothing Compares 2 U"
(1990)
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
(1990)
"Three Babies"
(1990)
Music video
"The Emperor's New Clothes" on YouTube

"The Emperor's New Clothes" is a song written and recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor for her second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990). The song was released as the album's second single on 5 June 1990 by Ensign and Chrysalis Records and reached number three in Canada, number five in Ireland, and the top 20 in Australia, Italy and Switzerland. In the United States, the song topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for a week. Its music video was directed by John Maybury.[3]

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (September 28, 2022). "The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 26, 2023. ...a jaunty alt-pop us-against-them anthem ('The Emperor's New Clothes').
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (17 January 2024). "The Alternative Number Ones: Sinéad O'Connor's 'The Emperor's New Clothes'". Stereogum. Retrieved 17 January 2024. 'The Emperor's New Clothes' is a rock song.
  3. ^ "Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes (Live in 1990)". Radiolivestageone.webradiosite.com. Retrieved 22 March 2024.