"Sound" is a song written by Jim Glennie,

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, and Tim Booth, recorded by Manchester band James for their fourth studio album, '' Seven'' (1992). Clocking in at over six and a half minutes on the album, the song was shortened considerably for the single version. The CD release featured both the album and the single version, along with a dub remix of " Come Home" and an original song called "All My Sons". Released in November 1991 as the album's first single, it reached 9 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the second of the group's three top-10 hits. Apart from " Sit Down", "Sound" is the band's only song to enter the top 30 of the

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, and it also peaked at No. 4 in Portugal and No. 28 in Australia.

Track listings

UK 7-inch and cassette single # "Sound" # "All My Sons" UK and Australian CD single # "Sound" (7-inch edit) # "Come Home" (

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Pressure mix) # "All My Sons" # "Sound" (full version) UK 12-inch single :A1. "Sound" (full version) :A2. "Sound" (edit) :B1. "Come Home" (Youth Pressure dub mix) :B2. "All My Sons"

Charts

References

1991 singles 1991 songs Fontana Records singles James (band) songs {{1990s-rock-song-stub