Sally Cinnamon is a non-album single released by the band the Stone Roses

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s...

 in 1987

1987 in music

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The song is the second single to be released by The Stone Roses, and was released before Mani

Gary Mounfield

Gary Manny "Mani" Mounfield , is an English rock bassist of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream. He has a distinctive playing style that combines a fast moving rock style with a dance rhythm or dub groove...

 joined the band. It is the first single by the Stone Roses to feature their classic sound. Although pre-Mani, the melodies and choral refrain are in the same vein of the those recorded with the classic line-up. The lyrics were written entirely by Ian Brown, who wrote the majority of the lyrics on the early Roses tracks.

The single entered the UK Indie Chart

UK Indie Chart

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 in June 1987, spending thirty-nine weeks in the chart in total, peaking at number three. When re-released in 1989 it entered the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 where it spent seven weeks, peaking at number 46.

Original 1987 release

12 inch single

1. "Sally Cinnamon" - 3:27
2. "Here It Comes" – 2:41
3. "All Across the Sands" – 2:45

1989 and 1992 re-issues

7 inch single

1. "Sally Cinnamon" - 2:53
2. "Here It Comes" – 2:41

12 inch single

1. "Sally Cinnamon" - 3:27
2. "Here It Comes" – 2:41
3. "All Across the Sands" – 2:45

CD single and Cassette single (1992 CD re-release in slimline case)

1. "Sally Cinnamon (Single Mix)" - 2:53
2. "Sally Cinnamon (12" Single Mix)" - 3:27
3. "Here It Comes" – 2:41
4. "All Across the Sands" – 2:45

2005 re-issue

Due to chart regulations, this release was not eligible to chart as a single in 2005

Disc 1: (CD)

1. "Sally Cinnamon (Single Mix)" – 2:53
2. "Here It Comes" – 2:41
3. "All Across the Sands" – 2:45
4. "Sally Cinnamon (12" Single Mix)" - 3:27

Disc 2: (DVD)

1. "Sally Cinnamon" (Video)

Re-release Controversy

Following the band's success in 1989, their former label, FM Revolver, re-released the single "Sally Cinnamon". Not only did they put out a previously unreleased outtake of the title track, they did also piece together an accompanying video. The Stone Roses were incensed by this, particularly what they described as a "third rate" video. They went to Revolver's offices on 30 January 1990 and after an argument with the label's boss, Paul Birch

Revolver Music

Revolver Music, or Revolver Records, was created by Paul Birch in 1979 as a guitar music label. Its sister labels are FM Records and Heavy Metal Records....

, threw paint over the offices, Birch himself and his girlfriend, and then vandalised two cars outside. They were subsequently arrested and tried, and in October they were found guilty and fined £3,000 each plus costs.

External links

• The Stone Roses' discography