Roses in the Hospital

1993 single by Manic Street Preachers

"Roses in the Hospital"

Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album  Gold Against the Soul
Released| 20 September 1993 (1993-09-20)
Genre|

* Funk[1]
* funk rock[2]
* Baggy

Length| 5:02
Label| Epic
Songwriter(s)|

* Richey Edwards
* Nicky Wire
* James Dean Bradfield
* Sean Moore

Producer(s)| Dave Eringa
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
| "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)"
(1993)  | "Roses in the Hospital"
(1993)  | "Life Becoming a Landslide"
(1994)

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Music video
"Roses in the Hospital" on YouTube

"Roses in the Hospital" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in September 1993 by record label Epic as the third single from their second album, Gold Against the Soul (1993). The song was written by Richey Edwards, Nicky Wire, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore, and produced by Dave Eringa. It peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart.

## Content

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Allison Clarke of LouderSound proclaimed the song's style as "irrepressible funk".[1] Ben Scott of XSNoise detailed the songs styling as "stadium funk-rock with a twist of Bowie's ‘Sound And Vision’".[2]

At the end of the song James Dean Bradfield can be heard singing the line "Rudi gonna fail", a reference to "Rudie Can't Fail", a song by The Clash from their seminal album London Calling. The Manics have cited The Clash as one of the key influences on their sound.[3]

## Release

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"Roses in the Hospital" was released on 20 September 1993 by record label Epic Records as the third single from the band's second album, Gold Against the Soul.[4] Reaching number 15 on the UK Singles Chart,[5] it would prove to be the highest-charting single from any of the group's first three albums (their cover of "Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)" had reached number 7 the previous year, but it was not featured on any album). Sales of the single were aided by the band's appearance supporting Bon Jovi at the Milton Keynes Bowl on 18 August 1993.[6]

The line "we don't want your fucking love" was excised from the radio edit of the song, being replaced by a reiteration of the title. The song's closing refrain of "Forever, ever delayed" would eventually provide the title for the band's greatest hits compilation (Forever Delayed), an album on which "Roses in the Hospital" itself would not make an appearance.[3]

## Track listings

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* CD

1. "Roses in the Hospital" (7-inch version) – 4:15
2. "Us Against You" – 3:19
3. "Donkeys" – 3:10
4. "Wrote for Luck" (Happy Mondays cover) – 2:42

* 12-inch

1. "Roses in the Hospital" (O G Psychovocal mix) (remixed by Ashley Beedle)
2. "Roses in the Hospital" (O G Psychomental mix) (remixed by Ashley Beedle)
3. "Roses in the Hospital" (51 Funk Salute mix) (remixed by Ashley Beedle)
4. "Roses in the Hospital" (Filet-o-Gang mix) (remixed by Charlie Smith and John Davis)
5. "Roses in the Hospital" (ECG mix) (remixed by Charlie Smith and John Davis)
6. "Roses in the Hospital" (album version)

* 7-inch and cassette

1. "Roses in the Hospital" (7-inch version) – 4:15
2. "Us Against You" – 3:19
3. "Donkeys" – 3:10

## Charts

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Chart (1993)  | Peak
position

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Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] | 50
UK Singles (OCC)[5] | 15
UK Airplay (ERA)[8] | 43

## References

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1. ^ a b Clarke, Allison (25 April 2016). "Manic Street Preachers: Anything but Everything Must Go". LouderSound. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
2. ^ a b Scott, Ben P (11 June 2020). "ALBUM REVIEW: Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against The Soul (Deluxe Reissue)". XSNoise. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
3. ^ a b Price 1999.
4. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 18 September 1993. p. 25. Misprinted as 13 September.
5. ^ a b "Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
6. ^ Power, Martin (17 October 2010). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press.
7. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 41\. 9 October 1993. p. 15. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
8. ^ "Airplay 100" (PDF). Hit Music. 9 October 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

### Sources

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* Price, Simon (1999). Everything (A Book About Manic Street Preachers). London: Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0139-2.

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Manic Street Preachers

* James Dean Bradfield
* Sean Moore
* Nicky Wire

* Richey Edwards

Studio albums|

* Generation Terrorists
* Gold Against the Soul
* The Holy Bible
* Everything Must Go
* This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
* Know Your Enemy
* Lifeblood
* Send Away the Tigers
* Journal for Plague Lovers
* Postcards from a Young Man
* Rewind the Film
* Futurology
* Resistance Is Futile
* The Ultra Vivid Lament
* Critical Thinking

Compilation albums|

* Forever Delayed
* Lipstick Traces
* National Treasures – The Complete Singles
* Sleep Next to Plastic

EPs|

* New Art Riot
* Life Becoming a Landslide

Singles|

* "Suicide Alley"
* "Motown Junk"
* "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)"
* "Stay Beautiful"
* "Love's Sweet Exile"/"Repeat"
* "You Love Us"
* "Slash 'n' Burn"
* "Motorcycle Emptiness"
* "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)"
* "Little Baby Nothing"
* "From Despair to Where"
* "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)"
* "Roses in the Hospital"
* "Faster"
* "Revol"
* "She Is Suffering"
* "A Design for Life"
* "Everything Must Go"
* "Kevin Carter"
* "Australia"
* "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"
* "The Everlasting"
* "You Stole the Sun from My Heart"
* "Tsunami"
* "The Masses Against the Classes"
* "So Why So Sad"
* "Found That Soul"
* "Ocean Spray"
* "Let Robeson Sing"
* "There by the Grace of God"
* "The Love of Richard Nixon"
* "Empty Souls"
* "Underdogs"
* "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough"
* "Autumnsong"
* "Indian Summer"
* "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love"
* "Some Kind of Nothingness"
* "Postcards from a Young Man"
* "This Is the Day"
* "Show Me the Wonder"
* "Anthem for a Lost Cause"
* "Walk Me to the Bridge"
* "Futurology"
* "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)"
* "International Blue"
* "Distant Colours"
* "Dylan & Caitlin"
* "Liverpool Revisited"
* "Hold Me Like a Heaven"
* "People Give In"
* "Orwellian"
* "The Secret He Had Missed"
* "Rosebud"
* "Decline and Fall"

Other songs|

* "4st 7lb"
* "Peeled Apples"

Video albums|

* Everything Live
* Leaving the 20th Century
* Louder Than War
* Forever Delayed

Solo Albums|

* The Great Western
* I Killed the Zeitgeist
* Even in Exile
* Intimism

Related articles|

* Discography
* Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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