"Coax Me" is a song by Canadian rock band
Sloan. It was released as the lead single of their second album ''
Twice Removed
''Twice Removed'' is the second album by Canadian rock band Sloan, released on Geffen Records in 1994. The album took seven weeks and cost $120,000 to record. More melodic than their previous album, '' Smeared'', Geffen gave the record little ...
''. The song peaked at #30 on the Canadian ''
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Singles Chart
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, spending 12 weeks in the top 100. It was also featured on Sloan's compilation album, ''
A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005''.
Content
Chris Murphy has stated that "Coax Me" is "an allegory type song about the difference between being on a major label and playing just for yourself".
The song references the industrial band
Consolidated in its lyrics, later stating 'It's not the band I hate / it's their fans'. Murphy clarified this line was not in reference to fans Consolidated but rather, fans of
Kate Bush
Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer. Bush began writing songs at age 11. She was signed to EMI Records after David Gilmour of Pink Floyd helped produce a demo tape. In 1978, at the ...
. Sloan co-vocalist Jay Ferguson contributed the line after encountering several classmates who were overzealous in their Kate Bush fandom.
Charts
Weekly charts
References
1994 singles
Sloan (band) songs
Songs written by Chris Murphy (Canadian musician)
Geffen Records singles
1994 songs
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