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1997 single by Super Furry Animals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Demons" is the fourth and final single from Super Furry Animals' album Radiator. It reached #27 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in November 1997.[1]
"Demons" | ||||
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Single by Super Furry Animals | ||||
from the album Radiator | ||||
Released | 24 November 1997 | |||
Length | 5:13 | |||
Label | Creation Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Super Furry Animals | |||
Producer(s) | Gorwel Owen, Super Furry Animals | |||
Super Furry Animals singles chronology | ||||
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"Demons" was released on CD, cassette and 7" on 24 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 practice 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]
A review in Cherwell called the song a "monumental sound" with "unexplainable vocal harmony" and "fantastically absurd lyrics".[5] In a 2015 article in The Guardian, Danny Wright names Demons as one of the band's 10 best songs, calling it "a sombre yet beautiful anthem" which builds up to "a spine-tingling climax".[6]
The video was filmed in Colombia. It shows humanist scenes of everyday life, with the band observing and sometimes casually interacting with the locals.
Shy Nobleman performed a cover of the song translated to Hebrew as "Shedim" ( שדים )as part of his 2013 album My Day is a Dream. Manfred Mann's Earth Band combined the song with Prefab Sprout's song "Dragons" to produce a new song titled "Demons and Dragons".
* denotes an unordered list
All songs by Super Furry Animals.
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart[1] | 27 |
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