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Mercury by Long-View
Mercury is an album by Long-View, released in 2003. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “When You Sleep”, on 2 lists with a best position of #50.
Mercury, the debut album from British indie rockers Long-View, came out in the UK on 21 July 2003 on 14th Floor Records, and it remains their only studio album. Columbia brought it to America on 15 March 2005. It's a record of big, chiming guitars and swelling, heart-on-sleeve choruses, the hush-then-surge sound British guitar bands were chasing at the time, and "When You Sleep" is its most open-hearted moment.
The singles came first: "Further", "When You Sleep" and "Nowhere" all appeared first on the band's first label, the independent 4:45 Recordings, and "Further" and "When You Sleep" got a second life once they moved to 14th Floor. A remix set, Subversions, followed in 2004 with Jacknife Lee, Elbow, Mogwai, Andy Votel and Ulrich Schnauss among the remixers, and it rode along as a bonus disc when the album was reissued on 31 January 2005.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Mercury on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When You Sleep | 2 | #50 | – | 2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.