"It Ended on an Oily Stage" was the first single from British Sea Power

British Sea Power

British Sea Power are an indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band members originally come from Kendal in Cumbria. Critics have likened their sound to a variety of groups, from The Cure and Joy Division to the Pixies and Arcade Fire. The band are famed for their live...

's second album Open Season

Open Season (British Sea Power album)

Open Season is the second album from the Brighton-based English band, British Sea Power. It was released on 4 April 2005 to positive reviews. It showcased a more accessible, mainstream sound and reached #13 in the UK album charts...

. It reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart and was critically praised, with the NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

giving it their Track of the Week award. It received heavy airplay from the alternative radio sector. This track was previously called "Elegiac Stanzas" but was renamed when the band questioned whether radio presenters would be able to pronounce it.

CD (RTRADSCD220)

1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (BSP) – 4:23
2. "Green Grass of Tunnel
   Green Grass of Tunnel
   "Green Grass of Tunnel" is a song by experimental Icelandic musical group múm, released prior to their 2002 album Finally We Are No One as a single. The song was covered by British Sea Power on their 2005 single It Ended on an Oily Stage...
   
   " (Gunnar Tynes/Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir/Gyda Valtýsdóttir/Örvar Smârason) – 5:23

E-CD (RTRADSCDX220)

1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (BSP) – 4:23
2. "When I Go Out (from the Evangeline sessions)" (Yan) – 2:44
3. "Crystal Horse" (Hamilton/BSP) – 2:43

Also features the promo video for "It Ended on an Oily Stage" as a CD-ROM extra.

7" Vinyl (RTRADS220)

1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (BSP) – 4:23
2. "Don't You Want to Be a Bird?" (Hamilton/BSP) – 2:48

External links

• Official website
• "It Ended on an Oily Stage" at Salty Water (fansite)