Autumnsong

{{short description|2007 single by Manic Street Preachers}} {{Infobox song | name = Autumnsong | cover = Msp autumnsong.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Manic Street Preachers | album = Send Away the Tigers | released = 23 July 2007 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Alternative rock, hard rock | length = 3:40 | label = Columbia | writer = Nicky Wire, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore | producer = Dave Eringa | prev_title = Your Love Alone Is Not Enough | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Indian Summer | next_year = 2007 }} "'''Autumnsong'''" is a song by Manic Street Preachers and was the third single taken from the album ''Send Away the Tigers''. It was released on 23 July 2007. It peaked and debuted at number #10 in the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="UK chart">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20086/MANIC%20STREET%20PREACHERS/ |title=Manic Street Preachers <nowiki>|</nowiki> Official Charts Company |website=Official Charts |accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref>

==Background==

As with all ''Send Away the Tigers''-related promotional material, the cover image is taken from the photography book ''Monika Monster Future First Woman On Mars'' by Valerie Philips.<ref name="Power">{{cite book |last=Power |first=Martin |title=Manic Street Preachers |date=17 October 2010 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref>

The song "1404" recalls a 'lost chapter' in Welsh history, when Owain Glyndŵr was crowned Prince of Wales in that year having successfully revolted against the English. He was, however, the last native Welsh person to hold the title Prince of Wales.<ref>Martin Clarke, ''Manic Street Preachers: Sweet Venom'' (Plexus, 2009).</ref>

James Dean Bradfield has mentioned in concert that the song's intro riff is, in part, a tribute to one of his guitar influences, Slash, and bears a passing resemblance to the iconic "Sweet Child O' Mine" riff.<ref>Martin Clarke, ''Manic Street Preachers: Sweet Venom'' (Plexus, 2009).</ref>

==Release==

The song peaked at number 10 in the UK Singles Chart, charting for 3 weeks in the top 75.<ref name="UK chart">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20086/MANIC%20STREET%20PREACHERS/ |title=Manic Street Preachers <nowiki>|</nowiki> Official Charts Company |website=Official Charts |accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref>

Two videos were filmed for the song. The version used for promotion on television, commissioned by the record label, features teenagers in various everyday group situations with lyrics from the song occasionally flashing on the screen. The alternative version, commissioned by the band themselves after being disappointed with the label's version and directed by Valerie Philips, is a single, one-camera shot of the girls featured on the ''Send Away the Tigers'' cover art miming to the song.<ref name="Power">{{cite book |last=Power |first=Martin |title=Manic Street Preachers |date=17 October 2010 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref> The models are a Polish-American college student called Monika Monster and her cousin Kate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tonybarrell.com/cover-stories/ |title=Cover stories by Tony Barrell |publisher=tonybarrell.com |date=2014 |accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref>

==Track listing== ===2-Track CD single=== #"Autumnsong" - 3:40 #"Red Sleeping Beauty" (McCarthy cover) - 3:14

===Maxi CD single=== #"Autumnsong" - 3:40 #"The Long Goodbye" - 2.46 (featuring lead vocals by Nicky Wire) #"Morning Comrades" - 3:12 #"1404" - 2.27

===7" limited edition=== #"Autumnsong" - 3:40 #"The Vorticists" - 3:18 (instrumental)

===Digital download=== #"Autumnsong" - 3:40 #"La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" - Live - 3:54 #"Autumnsong" (Acoustic version) - 3:43 #"Autumnsong" (Live) - 3:42 #"Autumnsong" (Video) - 3:38

===Promo CD=== #"Autumnsong" - 3:44 #"Autumnsong" (Instrumental) - 3:42

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! style="width:13em;"| Chart (2007) ! Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles Chart<ref name="UKchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/manic%20street%20preachers/ |title=Manic Street Preachers - Official Single Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=September 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928212406/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/manic%20street%20preachers |archivedate=September 28, 2013 }}</ref> | align="center"| 10 |- |}

{| class="wikitable" !align="center" colspan="26"|UK Top 40 |- style="background-color: #white;" !align="center"|Week !01 |- !align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position |{{center|'''10'''}} |}

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

Category:2007 singles Category:2007 songs Category:Columbia Records singles Category:Manic Street Preachers songs Category:Song recordings produced by Dave Eringa Category:Songs written by James Dean Bradfield Category:Songs written by Nicky Wire Category:Songs written by Sean Moore (musician)