The Way I Walk is a 1994 extended play

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 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...

 by Scottish alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie were a Scottish 1980s and 1990s rock group formed in Bathgate, near Edinburgh, Scotland...

. Both "Hard" and "Normal Boy" were taken from the band's third studio album Five

Five (Goodbye Mr Mackenzie album)

Five is the third album from the Scottish group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie. It has a rougher edge to it than the previous albums, partly due to a major grunge influence.-Track listing:# "Hard"# "Bam Bam"# "Grip"# "Jim's Killer"# "Niagara"...

which the release of Hard preceded.

"The Way I Walk" is the first song by Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie that Big John Duncan provided lead vocals for. It is the band's first release since keyboardist and backing vocalist Shirley Manson

Shirley Manson

Shirley Anne Manson is a Scottish recording artist and actress, best known internationally as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Garbage. For much of her international career Manson commuted between her home city of Edinburgh to the United States to record with Garbage but now lives and...

 left the group to join American alternative group Garbage

Garbage (band)

Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson , Steve Marker and Butch Vig . All four members are involved in songwriting and production...

, and it is also the band's final single release.

The original recording of "Sick Baby" appeared on the band's second major label album Hammer and Tongs

Hammer and Tongs

Hammer and Tongs is the second album from the Scottish rock group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie. It was recorded in Germany in 1989, at Berlin's Hansa Ton Studios just as the Fall of the Berlin Wall occurred...

. "Superman" was previously recorded by Mackenzie side-project Angelfish

Angelfish (band)

Angelfish was a short-lived mid-1990s alternative rock group originating from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed as a side-project to Scottish group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, after keyboardist and backing vocalist Shirley Manson was signed as a solo artist to circumvent the Mackenzies' existing record contract...

 as "Trash It", which appeared on their 1993 Suffocate Me

Suffocate Me

Suffocate Me was a 1993 extended play release and the debut single by Scottish band Angelfish. While not charting on any mainstream Billboard charts, "Suffocate Me" was received well on college radio, and was followed up in 1994 by the release of Angelfish's self-titled debut album.The music video...

EP.

Track listings

• UK 12" single Blokshok Records BLOK 003 T
• UK CD single Blokshok Records BLOK 003 CD

1. "The Way I Walk"
2. "Superman"
3. "Sick Baby ('94)"
4. "You Will"

External links

• Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie website
• The Way I Walk discography