"Ten Storey Love Song" is a 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...

 single released in March 1995. It was written by guitarist John Squire

John Squire

John Thomas Squire is an English musician, songwriter and artist.Squire is best known as the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock band in which he formed a songwriting partnership with lead singer Ian Brown. After leaving The Stone Roses he went on to found The Seahorses and has since released...

.

It reached number 11 and spent three weeks in the UK Singles Chart. The B-sides "Moses" and "Ride On" were the last new recordings released by the group.

A music video accompanied the single but the video was shot after the departure of drummer, Reni

Alan Wren

Alan John Wren , better known as Reni, is the drummer of The Stone Roses.Reni is considered by many to be the best drummer of his generation and the "single most important drummer in UK indie circles." According to former Hacienda General Manager Howard Jones, he "played the drums like Hendrix...

. As a result only the three remaining members of the band (Squire, Ian Brown

Ian Brown

Ian George Brown is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses, which broke up in 1996 but are confirmed to reunite in 2012. Since the break-up of the Stone Roses he has pursued a solo career...

 and 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...

) appeared in the video although an unidentified man wearing a mask of Reni's face appears several times.

The song is on the Roses' second album, Second Coming

Second Coming (album)

Second Coming is the second studio album by The Stone Roses, released through Geffen Records on 5 December 1994 in the UK and in early 1995 in the US. It was recorded at Forge Studios in Oswestry, Shropshire and Rockfield Studios near Monmouth in Wales between 1992 and 1994...

. It is the third song, fading into "Daybreak".

In 2009 the British writer Richard Milward

Richard Milward

Richard Milward is an English writer born in Middlesbrough, in 1984. His debut novel Apples was published by Faber and Faber in 2007. He has also recently published his 2nd novel Ten Storey Love Song....

 named his second novel after this song.

Tracklisting

7"/Cassette

• (Geffen
  Geffen Records
  Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
  
   GFS 87) / (Geffen
  Geffen Records
  Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
  
   GFSC 87,)

1. "Ten Storey Love Song"
2. "Ride On"

12"/CD

• (Geffen
  Geffen Records
  Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
  
   GFST 87)/(Geffen
  Geffen Records
  Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
  
  GFSTD 87)

1. "Ten Storey Love Song"
2. "Moses"
3. "Ride On"

External links

• The Stone Roses' discography