"Shower Your Love" is a song by Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker are an English psychedelic rock band. Led by outspoken frontman Crispian Mills, the band came to prominence during the Post-Britpop era of the late 1990s. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the UK between 1996 and 1999, notching up a number of Top 10 hits on the UK Singles...

. It first appeared on their second album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts

Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts

Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts is the second album by the British indie and psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. The album was released on 8 March 1999 and reached #9 in the UK Albums Chart, during a chart stay of 10 weeks. It was less successful in the U.S., however, where it failed to break into the...

in March 1999 and then as 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...

 in its own right two months later. It reached #14 on 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 ...

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Releases

Issued on two CD

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

s, "Shower Your Love" was augmented by three B-sides and a radio session recording of 1998 single "Sound of Drums". The first CD came in a standard slimline jewel case and the second in a Digipak

Digipak

Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...

 with four photographic cards. These were taken at the 100 Club

100 Club

The 100 Club is a music venue in London situated at 100 Oxford Street, W1, originally called The Feldman Swing Club.The 100 Club attained legendary status in modern British music, having played host to live music since 24 October 1942....

 in London in March 1999 by Jill Furmanovsky

Jill Furmanovsky

Jill Furmanovsky is a rock photographer born in Zimbabwe.Furmanovsky emigrated with her parents and brother Michael to London in 1965. She studied textile and graphic design at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design from 1972 to 1974...

. The artwork is slightly different for each release; the second CD is shown to the right.

"Shower Your Love" was promoted by appearances on 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...

, TFI Friday

TFI Friday

TFI Friday is an entertainment show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2000. The show produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first 5 series. The final series was hosted by a number of Guest Presenters. It was broadcast on...

, Later with Jools Holland

Later with Jools Holland

Later... with Jools Holland is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland. A spin-off of The Late Show, it has been running in short series since 1992 and is a part of BBC Two's late-night line-up, usually at around 11pm to 12 midnight...

and cd:uk

CD:UK

CD:UK was a British music television programme. Originally run in conjunction with SMTV Live, the programme was first aired on ITV on 29 August 1998 to rival the BBC's Live & Kicking and was the replacement for The Chart Show, which had been airing on the network for nine and a half years.In...

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Both "Shower Your Love" and "Light of the Day" were included on the retrospective compilation

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 Kollected

Kollected - The Best of

Kollected: Best of is a 2002 compilation album by Kula Shaker.-Track listing:# "Sound of Drums"# "Into the Deep"# "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There"# "108 Battles "# "Start All Over"# "Hey Dude"# "Drop in the Sea"...

in 2002.

Personnel

The A-side and "Goodbye Tin Terriers" were co-produced by Bob Ezrin

Bob Ezrin

Robert Alan "Bob" Ezrin is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, known for his work with artists including Alice Cooper, Kiss and Pink Floyd. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2004.-Biography:...

 with Crispian Mills

Crispian Mills

Crispian Mills is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the son of actress Hayley Mills and director Roy Boulting, the grandson of John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell , nephew of Juliet Mills and Jonathan Mills, and half-brother to Jason "Ace" Lawson...

. "Sound of Drums" was recorded live for 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...

 by James Birtwhistle, produced by Sam Cunningham and mixed by Graham Pattison. The humorous "Dancing Flea" was written and recorded by Jay Darlington

Jay Darlington

Jay Darlington is an English keyboardist who has played as a member of the band Kula Shaker and as a live member of Oasis.-Early life and Kula Shaker: 1968-1999:...

. "Light of the Day" has no producer credit on either this single or Kollected.

UK CD 1

1. "Shower Your Love"
2. "Goodbye Tin Terriers"
3. "Sound of Drums (Live Radio 1 Session)"

UK CD 2

1. "Shower Your Love"
2. "The Dancing Flea (from Jay Darlington Plays, 'The Dancing Flea')"
3. "Light of the Day"

JAPAN (ESCA 7495)

1. "Shower Your Love"
2. "Goodbye Tin Terriers"
3. "Sound of Drums (Live Radio 1 Session)"
4. "The Dancing Flea (from Jay Darlington Plays, 'The Dancing Flea')"
5. "Light of the Day"