"Ocean Spray" is a song by the Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...

, which was released as a single on June 4, 2001, the third song to be released from the album Know Your Enemy

Know Your Enemy (Manic Street Preachers album)

Know Your Enemy is the sixth album by the Manic Street Preachers. It was released in March 2001 on Virgin Records. The album has songs ranging from energetic lo-fi rock songs reminiscent of their earlier material to highly produced, more melodic pop songs as well as a disco song...

. All three members of the band - James Dean Bradfield

James Dean Bradfield

James Dean Bradfield is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.- Early life :...

, Sean Moore

Sean Moore (musician)

Sean Anthony Moore is the writer, drummer/percussionist and sometime trumpet player of the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.-Early years:...

 and Nicky Wire

Nicky Wire

Nicholas Allen Jones, known as Nicky Wire, is the lyricist, bassist and occasional vocalist with the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.-Early life:...

 - share the writing credits.

The song is inspired by the cranberry juice drink

Ocean Spray (cooperative)

Ocean Spray is an agricultural cooperative of growers of cranberries and grapefruit headquartered in Lakeville/Middleborough, Massachusetts. It currently has over 600 member growers . The cooperative employs about 2,000 people, with sales of $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2005...

 that James would take in to his mother Sue whilst she was in hospital undergoing treatment

Oncology

Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...

 for cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

, eventually dying from the disease. It also featured the first recorded lyric written by James. Drummer Sean Moore played a trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

 solo

Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...

 on the song. The CD included "Groundhog Days", "Just A Kid", and an "Ocean Spray" video, whereas the cassette had "Little Trolls".

The song reached number 15 in the UK Singles Chart

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 ...

 on 16 June 2001 and a performance was recorded for that week's Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...

. However it wasn't aired (possibly due to lower charting position than had been expected) but a short clip of the performance was still shown (without sound) in the show's top 20 countdown that week. The full performance was however finally shown in full several years later on an episode of Top of the Pops 2.

Japanese lyrics

The song starts with these words in Japanese:

"Me, totemo utsukushi desu ne totemo utsukushi me o shite imasu."

English translation:

"You have very beautiful eyes...such beautiful eyes."

CD1

1. "Ocean Spray" - 4:02
2. "Groundhog Days" - 3:52
3. "Just A Kid" - 3:36
4. "Ocean Spray" (video-clip)

CD2

1. "Ocean Spray"
2. "Ocean Spray" (Live At teatro Karl Marx, Havana, 17 February 2001)
3. "Ocean Spray" (Kinobe Remix)
4. "Ocean Spray" (Medicine Remix)
5. "Ocean Spray" (video from Havana)

MC

1. "Ocean Spray" - 4:02
2. "Little Trolls" - 3:39
3. "Ocean Spray" (Ellis Island Sound Remix)