| "Sound" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single byJames | ||||
| from the albumSeven | ||||
| B-side | "All My Sons" | |||
| Released | 18 November 1991 (1991-11-18)[1] | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | Fontana | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Youth | |||
| James singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Sound" is a song written byJim Glennie,Larry Gott, andTim Booth, recorded by Manchester bandJames for their fourth studio album,Seven (1992). Clocking in at over six and a half minutes on the album, the song was shortened considerably for the single version. The CD release featured both the album and the single version, along with a dub remix of "Come Home" and an original song called "All My Sons".
Released in November 1991 as the album's first single, it reachedNo. 9 on theUK Singles Chart, becoming the second of the group's three top-10 hits. Apart from "Sit Down", "Sound" is the band's only song to enter the top 30 of theIrish Singles Chart, and it also peaked at No. 4 in Portugal and No. 28 in Australia.
UK 7-inch and cassette single[2][3]
UK and Australian CD single[4]
| UK 12-inch single[5]
|
| Chart (1991–1992) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 28 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] | 39 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[8] | 15 |
| Portugal (AFP)[9] | 4 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[10] | 9 |
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link){{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link){{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link){{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)