"From Despair to Where" is a song by the Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...

, released in 1993 - the first single to be released from the album Gold Against the Soul

Gold Against the Soul

Gold Against the Soul is the second album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers released on June 14, 1993.All lyrics were written by Nicky Wire and Richey James Edwards, all music was written by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore.-Album overview:...

June 20, 1993.

The CD included "Hibernation", "Spectators of Suicide" (Heavenly Records

Heavenly Records

Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" and 12" singles for...

 version) and "Starlover" (Heavenly Records version). The 12" included "Hibernation" and "Spectators of Suicide" (Heavenly Records

Heavenly Records

Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" and 12" singles for...

 version). The cassette featured "Hibernation".

The single reached number twenty-five in the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 charts on June 12, 1993. It also made an appearance as track number 12 on Forever Delayed

Forever Delayed

Forever Delayed is a greatest hits album by the Manic Street Preachers, released in October 2002. The album included three singles which had never appeared on earlier albums , the latter being one of the band's two UK #1 hits, along with "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next." Several...

(October 28, 2002), the Manics' greatest hits album. The song was used as part of a running gag in the episode "Matthew, a Suitable Case for Treatment" of the television sitcom Game On.

The song was covered by glam band Peppermint Creeps

Peppermint Creeps

Peppermint Creeps are a Glam metal band from Hollywood, California, formed in 1997. Their music can be compared to KISS' style and J-Rock styles with a Pop-Punk sound...

on their album Cover Up.

CD

1. "From Despair to Where"
2. "Hibernation"
3. "Spectators of Suicide" (Heavenly Version)
4. "Starlover" (Heavenly Version)

MC

1. "From Despair to Where"
2. "Hibernation"