"Blacker Than Black" is a 1990 single by Scottish

Scotland

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 alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie were a Scottish 1980s and 1990s rock group formed in Bathgate, near Edinburgh, Scotland...

. It was their second single release

Single (music)

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 for EMI

EMI

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's Parlophone

Parlophone

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 record label. "Blacker Than Black" was taken from the band's second studio album Hammer and Tongs

Hammer and Tongs

Hammer and Tongs is the second album from the Scottish rock group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie. It was recorded in Germany in 1989, at Berlin's Hansa Ton Studios just as the Fall of the Berlin Wall occurred...

which was released the following year.

In 1991, after Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie had signed to Gary Kurfirst

Gary Kurfirst

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's Radioactive Records

Radioactive Records

Radioactive Records was an American record label. It was formed as a joint venture between talent manager Gary Kurfirst and MCA Records, and it is now out of business....

, "Blacker Than Black" was remixed, released as an international single and featured on their debut international album release, also titled Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie.

Track listings

• UK 7" single Parlophone R6257
• UK Cassette single Parlophone TCR 6257

1. "Blacker Than Black"
2. "Green, Green Grass of Home"

• UK 12" single Parlophone 12R 6257

1. "Blacker Than Black"
2. "Green, Green Grass of Home"
3. "His Master's Voice - 12" remix"

• UK 12" single Parlophone 12RPD 6257 (Plastic sleeve ltd edition)
• UK CD single Parlophone CDR 6257

1. "Blacker Than Black"
2. "Green, Green Grass of Home"
3. "His Master's Voice - 12" remix"
4. "Mad Cow Disease"

• European 7" single Radioactive Records MCS17794

1. "Blacker Than Black"
2. "Bold John Barleycorn"

• European CD single Radioactive Records MCD 17795

1. "Blacker Than Black"
2. "Bold John Barleycorn"
3. "Candy Says"

Comprehensive charts

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	"Blacker Than Black"	UK Singles UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...  (CIN)	#61

External links

• Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie website
• "Blacker Than Black" music video
• "Blacker Than Black" discography