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Seen the Light" is a song by
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. It was the third single from their fourth album
Life on Other PlanetsLife On Other Planets, or L.O.O.P as it is often abbreviated to, is the fourth album from English rock band Supergrass. It is the first album that includes Rob Coombes as an official member of the band, and originally went under the working title of 'Get Lost'...
. It was the first Supergrass release on
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and reached #22 in the
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when it was released in January 2003. The B-Side "The Loner" is a cover version of a
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song.
Track listing
CD CDR6592
- "Seen The Light" (2:27)
- "The Loner" (3:26)
- "I Told The Truth" (2:20)
LTD. ED. Grey 7" R6592
- "Seen The Light" (2:27)
- "The Loner" (3:26)
DVD DVDR6592
- "Seen The Light (video)" (2:45)
- "Brecon Beacons (live audio)"
- "Rush Hour Soul
"Rush Hour Soul" is a song by the Britpop band Supergrass. It was the fourth and final single from their fourth album Life On Other Planets. The single failed to chart in the US, and was outside the Top 75 in the UK upon its release in August 2003, but this was probably because it was released...
(live audio)"
- "Never Done Nothing Like That Before
"Never Done Nothing Like That Before" is a song by the Britpop band Supergrass. It was released as a single from their fourth album Life on Other Planets in July 2002. As it was a vinyl only release and only 2,500 copies were pressed, the single only reached #75 in the UK Singles Chart...
(live video)"
- Picture Gallery
Music video
The video begins with the statement "All the world await this human drama, of man's faith in God", which then leads straight to the start of the song itself. It is mainly black and white footage (however, there is a brief period of colour film around the middle eight) of music concert goers, people experiencing
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and
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men. The video ends with a wild audience applauding 1950s teen idol Fabian Forte, and finally a preacher proclaiming; "When you get to
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, it'll all be out, and over."
"We're not actually in it," Goffey explains. "It's all really old footage of religious preachers mixed in with old footage of
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audiences, and what's interesting is they react in the same way. They both go into these convulsions and pull their hair out and stuff. It's quite mad."