"Seen the Light" is a song by English rock band

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. It was the third single from their fourth album ''

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''. It was the first Supergrass release on

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and reached number 22 on the UK Singles Chart when it was released in January 2003. The B-Side "The Loner" is a cover version of a

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song.

Music video

The video begins with the statement "All the world await this human drama, of man's faith in God", which then leads straight to the start of the song itself. It is mainly

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footage (however, there is a brief period of colour film around the middle eight) of music concert goers, people experiencing religious revelations and

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men. The video ends with a wild audience applauding 1950s teen idol

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, and finally a preacher proclaiming; "When you get to

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, it'll all be out, and over." "We're not actually in it," Goffey explains. "It's all really old footage of religious preachers mixed in with old footage of

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audiences, and what's interesting is they react in the same way. They both go into these convulsions and pull their hair out and stuff. It's quite mad.The Strange Ones Supergrass Site
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Track listings

CD (CDR6592) # "Seen the Light" (2:27) # "The Loner" (3:26) # "I Told the Truth" (2:20) Limited-edition grey 7-inch (R6592) # "Seen the Light" (2:27) # "The Loner" (3:26) DVD (DVDR6592) # "Seen the Light" (video) (2:45) # "Brecon Beacons" (live audio) # " Rush Hour Soul" (live audio) # " Never Done Nothing Like That Before" (live video) # Picture gallery

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Seen The Light Supergrass songs 2002 songs 2003 singles Parlophone singles Songs written by Danny Goffey Songs written by Gaz Coombes Songs written by Mick Quinn Songs written by Rob Coombes