You and Me Song | |
Cover: | TheWannadiesYouAndMeSong.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | the Wannadies |
Album: | Be a Girl |
B-Side: | Blister in the Sun |
Genre: | Power pop[1] |
Length: | 2:45 |
Label: |
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Producer: | Nille Perned |
Prev Title: | Love in June |
Prev Year: | 1994 |
Next Title: | Might Be Stars |
Next Year: | 1994 |
"You and Me Song" is a song by Swedish band the Wannadies. Originally released as a single in November 1994, it became the group's biggest hit. In April 1996, it peaked at number 18 in the United Kingdom.[2]
Appearing on the band's third album, Be a Girl, the song was also included on their next album, Bagsy Me, due to the success of the re-released single and the song's appearance on the soundtrack of Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet. For the second UK single release, the song's title acquired an ampersand. The B-side, "Blister in the Sun", is a cover of a song by the Violent Femmes.
In the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, "You & Me Song" was playing when Richard Hillman drove his wife Gail Platt and her children David, Sarah and Bethany into the canal, which resulted in Richard's death. The song would be used again when David drove himself into the same canal four years later.[3]
Original Swedish release (1994)
First UK release (1995)
Second UK release (1996)
Third UK release (1997)
10th anniversary release (2004)
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | ||
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Sweden | November 1994 | CD | Soap | [4] | |
United Kingdom | 31 July 1995 | Indolent | [5] | ||
8 April 1996 | [6] | ||||
27 October 1997 | CD | ||||
United States | 26 January 1998 | Modern rock radio | RCA | [7] |