Song · Inspiral Carpets
“Find Out Why” by Inspiral Carpets
From the EP Cool as **** EP (1990)
“Find Out Why” by Inspiral Carpets appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1989. It was first released in 1990 on the EP Cool as **** EP. Its best result is #21 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #112 alternative song of 1989.
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"Find Out Why" came out as an Inspiral Carpets single in August 1989, and in 1990 it crossed to America as an EP, with "Joe" and "Out of Time" added and the sleeve redone in a different shade of green with the title and logo laid over it. Before 1990 was out it had been reworked into the theme tune for The 8:15 from Manchester.
Its B-side was a stunt worth hearing about. "Plane Crash" ran 16 minutes, cut live to two-inch tape in one take and meant to last as long as the master tape allowed; the original reportedly went on for an hour, the abrupt ending is simply the tape running out, and the voice at 10:06 is said to be Tom Hingley answering someone who'd asked the time. The seven-inch left it off.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 21 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989 | 50 |
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