Manic Street Preachers Version
| "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" | ||||
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| Single by Manic Street Preachers | ||||
| from the album Ruby Trax | ||||
| B-side | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (by The Fatima Mansions) "Sleeping with the NME" "Spectators of Suicide" "Star Lover" "Never Want Again" "Dead Yankee Drawl" "Ain't Goin' Down" |
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, CD | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Johnny Mandel (music) Mike Altman (lyrics) |
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| Producer | Manic Street Preachers | |||
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Manic Street Preachers released a cover version of "Suicide Is Painless" in 1992. In the UK it was a double A-side charity single (to help The Spastics Society), with The Fatima Mansions' take on Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" as the other A-side. The 12" and CD versions of the UK single included "Sleeping with the NME" - an excerpt from a radio documentary recorded in the offices of the NME, capturing staff's reaction to photographs of guitarist Richey Edwards's self-mutilation. The single peaked at #7 in the UK Singles Chart spending three weeks in the Top Ten. In other countries it was released as a Manic Street Preachers single, with different B-sides.
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