Song · Mansun
“Wide Open Space” by Mansun
From the album Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997)
“Wide Open Space” by Mansun appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1997 on the album Attack of the Grey Lantern. Its best result is #48 on the Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #302 alternative song of 1997.
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Paul Draper wrote "Wide Open Space" by himself, words and music, and Mansun, the rock band out of Chester, first put it out on 25 November 1996 as the lead track of their Four EP before it took its place on Attack of the Grey Lantern. Ian Caple and Mike Hunter recorded it and Mark “Spike” Stent mixed it.
The single's success kept it coming back: reworked versions turned up on four of the band's next five singles: a live take, an acoustic one and a pair of remixes, the Perfecto mix being the first and best loved, the other an NRG makeover by The Trouser Enthusiasts. Hunter, their longtime engineer, later got his name on an entirely different version hidden as a bonus track on the Kleptomania compilation, and the song even turned up on The Sound of Gran Turismo.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 104 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 86 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 | 101 |
| 1997 | 79 | KNRK Portland, OR | KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 | 94 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | Absolute Radio | Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems | 100 |
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