Demons (Super Furry Animals song)

"Demons"
Single by Super Furry Animals
from the album Radiator
Released	17 November 1997
Format	CD, MC, 7"
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	5:13
Label	Creation Records
Writer(s)	Super Furry Animals
Producer	Gorwel Owen, Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals singles chronology
"Play It Cool" (1997) "Demons" (1997) "Northern Lites" (1999)

"Demons" is the eighth single by Super Furry Animals and the last to be taken from the album Radiator. It reached #27 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in November 1997.^[1]

The video was filmed in Colombia.

Release and critical reception

"Demons" was released on CD, cassette and 7" on 17 November 1997 and reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1] The cover art is the last in a series of five Pete Fowler paintings commissioned by the band for Radiator and its singles. Fowler's art was inspired by "Demons" and depicts "the unholy tribes of the undead" according to Record Collector.^[2] The packaging of the single features the Welsh language quote "Esmwyth! Esmwyth! Dim blewyn o'i le!", which roughly translates into English as "Smooth! Smooth! Not a hair out of place!".^[3] It is the last single by the group to contain such a quote, bringing to an end a practise that started with their debut single "Hometown Unicorn". The track was included on the band's 'greatest hits' compilation album Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1, issued in 2004.^[4]

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Hot Press	Ireland	Singles of the year 1997[5]	1997	30
Q	United Kingdom	1010 Songs You Must Own!: Indie - Singles[6]	2004	*

* denotes an unordered list

Track listing

All songs by Super Furry Animals.

• CD (CRESCD283)

1. "Demons" – 5:13
2. "Hit and Run" – 3:31
3. "Carry the Can" – 4:47

• MC (CRES283), 7" poster pack (CRE283)

1. "Demons" – 5:13
2. "Hit and Run" – 3:31

Personnel

• Gruff Rhys – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Huw Bunford – guitar
• Guto Pryce – bass guitar
• Cian Ciaran – keyboards
• Dafydd Ieuan – drums
• Les Morrison - Banjo
• Gorwel Owen - E-bow, samples
• Martin Smith - trumpet

Singles chart positions

Chart	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	27[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Roberts, David, ed (2003). British Hit Singles (16th ed.). Guinness World Records Ltd. p. 452. ISBN 085112190x. 
2. ^ Kane, Jack (June 1999), "Super Furry Animals", Record Collector (Diamond Publishing) 238: 46–51 
3. ^ (1997) Album notes for Demons by Super Furry Animals, p. [Inside cover] [CD single]. Creation Records.
4. ^ (2004) Album notes for Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 by Super Furry Animals, back cover [CD]. New York: Epic Records.
5. ^ "Singles of the year 1997". RockListMusic. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/hotpress.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
6. ^ "1010 Songs You Must Own!". RockListMusic. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/q1010songs.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-04.