Black Nite Crash was a single by English shoegazing

Shoegazing

Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...

 band Ride

Ride (band)

Ride were a British alternative rock band that formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence "Loz" Colbert, and Steve Queralt. The band were initially part of the "shoegazing" scene. Following the break-up of the band in 1996, members moved on to various other...

 from the album Tarantula. It reached 67 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 on 24 February 1996. This single was released shortly before the bands break up and was awarded single of the week by weekly music magazine Melody Maker

Melody Maker

Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...

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Credits

Bass - Steve Queralt

Design - negativespace

Drums - Laurence Colbert

Engineer - Paul Motion, Richard "Digby" Smith

Mixed By - Mark Freegard

Percussion - Jeff Scantlebury

Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ [Hammond] - Nick Moorbath

Vocals, Guitar [Lead] - Andy Bell

Vocals, Guitar [Rhythm] - Mark Gardener