"Four Chords That Made a Million" is a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by British

United Kingdom

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 progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...

, released in April 2000, a month before the release of the album Lightbulb Sun

Lightbulb Sun

-2008 Reissues:A reissue of Lightbulb Sun was released on April 21, 2008 through Kscope as 2 disc set; or a 3 disc set for the first 5,000 pre-ordered copies. Disc one is a CD containing a remastered version of the original album album, while disc two is a DVD-A containing the album remixed into...

, in order to promote it. It came in three formats: a regular CD, a limited-version CD (2.000 copies) and a 7" vinyl (1.000 copies).

Track listing (regular CD)

All tracks written by Steven Wilson and arranged by Porcupine Tree.

1. "Four Chords That Made a Million" - 3:40
2. "Disappear" - 3:41
3. "In Formaldehyde" - 5:10

Track listing (Limited CD)

Track 1 written by Steven Wilson and arranged by Porcupine Tree. Track 2 written and performed by Steven Wilson January 1997.

1. "Four Chords That Made a Million" 3:48
2. "Even Less (Demo Version)" 15:44

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All songs written by Steven Wilson

1. A/ "Four Chords That Made a Million" 3:38
2. B/ "Orchidia" 3:33

Personnel

• Steven Wilson
  Steven Wilson
  Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Colin Edwin
  Colin Edwin
  Colin Edwin is a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, where he plays both fretted and fretless bass guitar as well as double bass and guimbri. He joined the band in December 1993...
  
   – bass
• Chris Maitland
  Chris Maitland
  Chris Maitland is an English drummer.After being the drummer for No-Man on their Autumn 1993 tour , Maitland was asked by the band's Steven Wilson to join his other main project, the progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
  
   – drums
• Richard Barbieri
  Richard Barbieri
  Richard Barbieri, is an English synthesiser player, keyboardist and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London...
  
  – keyboards

External links

• The complete Steven Wilson discography