She's Got All The Friends That Money Can Buy
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"She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy" is the only single from Chumbawamba
's album WYSIWYG
.
A version by former Eurovision Song Contest
entrants, and fellow West Yorkshire
band Black Lace
was also recorded in response to UK's BBC Radio 1
declining to play the original "too pop" version. The Black Lace version can can be streamed here.
European CD single (EMI, 2000)
Chumbawamba
Chumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music...
's album WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG (album)
WYSIWYG is a 2000 album by anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba. Released after the massive success of their previous effort, Tubthumper, it commented on various aspects of the pop culture the band had inadvertently become a part of...
.
A version by former Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
entrants, and fellow West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
band Black Lace
Black Lace (band)
Black Lace is a British Euro pop band, best known for novelty party records, including their biggest hit, "Agadoo". The band first came to the public eye after being selected to represent the UK in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, in which they finished seventh with the song "Mary Ann"...
was also recorded in response to UK's BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
declining to play the original "too pop" version. The Black Lace version can can be streamed here.
Track listings
US CD single (Republic, 2000)- "She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy (Radio Edit)"
- "She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy (Album Version)"
European CD single (EMI, 2000)
- "She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy (Single Edit)"
- "Just a Form of Music"
- "Lest We Forget" (featuring John Jones from OysterbandOysterbandOysterband is a British electric folk or folk rock band formed in Canterbury in or around 1976.-Early history:...
on vocal) - "Passenger List for Doomed Flight #1721"
Music video
A music video was released to promote the single. It can be seen here."Passenger List"
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