"Sugar Kane" was the third single from Sonic Youth's

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1993 on DGC

Geffen Records

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Track listing

US version:

1. "Sugar Kane" (edit) - 5:03
2. "The Destroyed Room" - 3:25
3. "Purr" (Mark Goodier version) - 4:22
4. "The End of the End of the Ugly" - 4:12

UK version:

1. "Sugar Kane" (edit) 5:03
2. "Is It My Body" - 2:53
3. "Personality Crisis" - 3:50
4. "The End of the End of the Ugly" - 4:12

The US version has similar b-sides to "Youth Against Fascism

Youth Against Fascism

"Youth Against Fascism" was the second single from Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1992 on DGC.-Track listing:# "Youth Against Fascism" # "The Destroyed Room"# "Purr"...

", the UK version (CD and 10") has a similar track list to Whores Moaning

Whores Moaning

Whores Moaning is an EP by Sonic Youth released on February 1993. It was released exclusively in Australia to coincide with 1993 tour dates in Australia and New Zealand...

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Music video

The music video for Sugar Kane was directed by Nick Egan

Nick Egan

Nick Egan is a visual design artist, and director of music videos, commercials and film. He graduated from the Watford College of Art and Design with a DGA in 1976...

. The video is shot in New York City

New York City

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 and portrays Sonic Youth performing in the midst of a fashion show showcasing "grunge

Grunge

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

" clothing. The clothing, in fact, is one of the collections done by Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, with more than 200 retail stores in 60 countries. He has been the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton since 1997...

, "Grunge Collection", for Perry Ellis

Perry Ellis

Perry Ellis was an American fashion designer who founded a sportswear house in the mid-1970s.-The rise of Perry Ellis:...

 in 1992. Marc is also a close friend to Kim Gordon and the band. The video also marks the first film appearance of Chloe Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevigny gained reputation for her eclectic fashion sense and developed a broad career in the fashion industry in the mid 1990s, both for modeling and for her work at New York's Sassy magazine, which labeled her...

. The title may be connected to the Marilyn Monroe character 'Sugar' Kane Kowalczyk in Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot is an American comedy film, made in 1958 and released in 1959, which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and George Raft. The supporting cast includes Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien and Nehemiah Persoff. The film is a remake by Wilder and I....

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Singles chart

Year	Single	Chart	Peak
1993	"Sugar Kane"	UK Singles Chart	No. 26