"Little Baby Nothing" was the sixth single taken from the debut full-length album

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 — Generation Terrorists

Generation Terrorists

- Personnel :Manic Street Preachers*James Dean Bradfield – lead vocals, guitar*Richey Edwards – guitar*Sean Moore – drums, percussion, backing vocals*Nicky Wire – bass, piano on Little Baby NothingAdditional personnel...

— by the Welsh group 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...

. It features vocals by former porn star Traci Lords

Traci Lords

Traci Lords , also known as Traci Elizabeth Lords and Tracy Lords, is an American film actress, producer, film director, writer and singer...

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The song is about the sexual exploitation of a woman, and Lords agreed to a duet with the band's singer/lead guitarist James Dean Bradfield

James Dean Bradfield

James Dean Bradfield is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.- Early life :...

. Bradfield said that "we needed somebody, a symbol, a person that could actually symbolize the lyrics and justify them to a certain degree. Traci was more than happy to do it. She saw the lyrics, and she had an immediate affinity with them. It was definitely easy to incorporate her personality into the lyrics. We just wanted a symbol for it, and I think she was a great symbol. She sounds like a female Joey Ramone

Joey Ramone

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 to me." Lords said that "I listened to the tape and really identified with the character in the song...this young girl who's been exploited and abused by men all her life." In an interview some years later, she admitted to being distressed at the news of the disappearance and presumed suicide

Suicide

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 of Manics' guitarist/lyricist Richey Edwards.

Originally, the band wanted the duet to feature vocals by Australia

Australia

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n singer Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

, but she couldn't be released from her PWL contracts. She later performed the song live with the group (the live bootleg recording of this is a highly sought after track amongst fans) She also collaborated with them on her 1997 album Impossible Princess

Impossible Princess

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The track "Suicide Alley" had previously been released as the Manics' debut single. It was included on all formats (except CD2) as copies of the original 7" release were already fetching £250-300 at auction. The inclusion of the song on CD also upset Glen Powell's plans to reissue the single. Powell had produced the original version and still owned the master tapes.

The promotional video for the song was directed by music journalist Steven Wells and featured the first appearance on screen by pop duo Shampoo

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CD1

1. "Little Baby Nothing" (7" version)
2. "Never Want Again"
3. "Dead Yankee Drawl"
4. "Suicide Alley"

CD2

1. "Little Baby Nothing" (7" version)
2. "R.P. Mcmurphy" (live at Club Citta, Kawasaki, 13 May 1992)
3. "Tennessee" (live at Club Citta, Kawasaki, 13 May 1992)
4. "You Love Us" (live at Club Citta, Kawasaki, 13 May 1992)

7" / MC

1. "Little Baby Nothing" (7" version)
2. "Never Want Again"
3. "Suicide Alley"