Cancer for the Cure
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| "Cancer for the Cure" | ||||
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| Single by Eels | ||||
| from the album Electro-Shock Blues | ||||
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| Released | November 30, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997–1998[1] | |||
| Length | 4:45 | |||
| Label | DreamWorks | |||
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"Cancer for the Cure" is a song by American rock band Eels. It was released on 30 November 1998, as a single from their 1998 album Electro-Shock Blues. It peaked at number 60 in the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Release
[edit | edit source]The song featured in the soundtrack to the 1999 DreamWorks film American Beauty. Tom Baker of DIY Magazine found its use to be memorable and that it highlighted "the whole “seedy suburbia” angle."[3]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Tom Baker of DIY Magazine saw the song as another "counter-cultural theme songs, a la ‘Novocaine…’, creeping, creepy howling voices, grinding industrial noises, and singing about “kids diggin’ up a brand new hole / Where to put deadbeat mom,” followed by sinister laughter." describing the song as, "Blacker than black, even when the Monster Mash organs come in for the chorus."[3]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]- CD single
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Cancer for the Cure" | 4:45 | |
| 2. | "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" | 2:50 | |
| 3. | "Exodus Part III" (omitted on vinyl single) | 2:32 |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ https://eelstheband.com/biography/
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Cancer for the CureLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
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