- So Why So Sad
Single infobox
Name = So Why So Sad
Artist =Manic Street Preachers
from Album = Know Your Enemy
Released =February 26 ,2001
Format = CD, cassette
Recorded =2000
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:02
Label = Epic
Producer =Dave Eringa
Chart position =- #8 (UK)
Reviews =
Last single = "Found That Soul " (2001)
This single = "So Why So Sad" (2001)
Next single = "Ocean Spray" (2001) |"So Why So Sad" was released by
Manic Street Preachers in 2001 (see2001 in music ) and was jointly the first single to be released from the "Know Your Enemy" album. All three members of the band -James Dean Bradfield , Sean Moore andNicky Wire - share the writing credits.Surprisingly launched on the same day as "Found That Soul" this was the first sign of the "Manics" since the surprise number 1 hit "
The Masses Against The Classes " thirteen months earlier.It reached a highest UK chart position of number 8 on
March 10 2001, while "Found That Soul" reached number 9.The CD also included versions of "Pedestal" and a remix of "So Why So Sad" by
Australia n outfitThe Avalanches whereas the 7" included a live version of "You Stole the Sun from My Heart ".Less than 200 copies separated So Why So Sad from Found That Soul placing it 1 place higher at number 8, because the overwhelming majority of the sales that week were by the fans buying both.
Track listing
CD
# "So Why So Sad" - 4:02
# "So Why So Sad (The Avalanches remix)"
# "Pedestal" - 4:52MC
# "So Why So Sad" - 4:02
# "You Stole The Sun From My Heart" (live at Millennium Stadium 31st December 1999)
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