"Shower Your Love" is a song by English psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. It first appeared on their second album, Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts, in March 1999 and was released as a single two months later. It reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Shower Your Love"
Single by Kula Shaker
from the album Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts
Released3 May 1999 (1999-05-03)
Length3:38
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Crispian Mills
Producer(s)Bob Ezrin, Crispian Mills
Kula Shaker singles chronology
"Mystical Machine Gun"
(1999)
"Shower Your Love"
(1999)
"Second Sight"
(2007)

Releases

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Issued on two CDs and a cassette, "Shower Your Love" is augmented by three B-sides and a radio session recording of 1998 single "Sound of Drums". The first CD came in a standard slimline jewel case and the second in a Digipak with four photographic cards. These were taken at the 100 Club in London in March 1999 by Jill Furmanovsky. The artwork is slightly different for each release; the second CD is shown to the right.

The initial UK release had an error with the track listing, which meant that the tracks from CD2 were pressed on the discs for both CD1 and CD2. This meant that CD1 played the incorrect songs for tracks two and three. This was quickly fixed and purchasers of the initial pressing of CD1 could return it to the retailer and receive a replacement disc. Both "Shower Your Love" and "Light of the Day" were included on the retrospective compilation Kollected in 2002.

Track listings

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Personnel

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Personnel are taken from the UK CD1 liner notes and the Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts album booklet.[1][7]

  • Crispian Mills – lyrics, music, vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, harmonica, production
  • Alonza Bevan – backing vocals, acoustic guitar loops, bass
  • Jay DarlingtonWurlitzer piano, organs, keyboards
  • Paul Winterhart – drums
  • A.K. Durvesh – shehnai
  • Graham Pattison – loops and soundscapes
  • Ed Shearmur – string arrangement
  • Bob Ezrin – production
  • Fulton Dingley – engineering
  • Stylorouge – design and art direction
  • Jeff Cottenden – photography

Charts

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Chart (1999) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 57
Scotland (OCC)[9] 10
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 14

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 3 May 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
Columbia [11]
United States 29 June 1999 [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b Shower Your Love (UK CD1 liner notes). Kula Shaker. Columbia Records. 1999. KULA 23CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Shower Your Love (UK CD2 liner notes). Kula Shaker. Columbia Records. 1999. KULA 23CDX.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Shower Your Love (UK cassette single sleeve). Kula Shaker. Columbia Records. 1999. KULA23MC.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Shower Your Love (European CD single liner notes). Kula Shaker. Columbia Records. 1999. COL 667263 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Shower Your Love (Australian CD single liner notes). Kula Shaker. Columbia Records. 1999. 667194 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Shower Your Love (Japanese CD single liner notes). Kula Shaker. Epic Records, Flying Records. 1999. ESCA 7495.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts (UK CD album booklet). Kula Shaker. Columbia Records. 1999. SHAKER 2CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 21. 22 May 1999. p. 19.
  9. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  11. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 3 May, 1999: Singles". Music Week. 1 May 1999. p. 27.
  12. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1305. 25 June 1999. pp. 103, 108.
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