Sunday (The Cranberries song)

"Sunday" is a mid-tempo alternative song taken from The Cranberries debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?. It was released as a promotion single in the USA in 1993,[1] before Island Records decided to opt for a re-release the band's first two European singles, "Dreams" and "Linger" in 1994.

"Sunday"
Promotional single by The Cranberries
from the album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Released1993
Recorded1993
GenreAlternative rock, soft rock
Length3:30 (album version)
2:15 (radio edit)
LabelIsland Records
Songwriter(s)Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan
Producer(s)Stephen Street

Track list

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Promo single (USA)[1]

  1. Sunday (Edit) – 2:15
  2. Sunday (Album version) – 3:30
  3. Them – 3:44
"Them" was taken from their 1991 Xeric Records release, Uncertain.

Other releases

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A demo version of "Sunday" was featured on the band's 1990 EP cassette Water Circle.

An acoustic version was released on the KCRW 1995 compilation Rare on Air, volume 2.[2]

A live version of "Sunday" was included on one of the band's "Free to Decide" single. The performance was recorded at The Point, in Dublin (Ireland) on 2 June 1995.[3]

Another live version was featured on the band's live compilation Bualadh Bos released in 2010. The performance was recorded at Pine Knob in Clarkston, MI on 18 August 1996 during the Free to Decide World Tour.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Cranberries - Sunday (US Promo)". Discogs. 1993.
  2. ^ KCRW.com, Retrieved on 2011-05-23
  3. ^ Discogs, Free To Decide. 854 709–2.
  4. ^ Bualadh Bos CD Booklet