Some Kind of Nothingness is a song by 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...

 and the second single from their tenth album Postcards from a Young Man

Postcards From a Young Man

Postcards from a Young Man is the tenth studio album by the alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, which reached the number 3 spot on the UK Charts. The Manics began recording the album in October 2009 at their Faster Studio in Cardiff...

. It features Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk band, formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas had joined as the band's drummer, and their debut...

 frontman Ian McCulloch

Ian McCulloch (singer)

Ian Stephen McCulloch is an English singer, born in Liverpool, and is best known as the frontman for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen.-Career:...

. To promote the single the band performed the song on Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing

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. The single entered the UK singles chart at #44, making it the first ever Manics single to not make the top 40 since they signed to Sony in 1991.

Music video

The music video features 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 :...

 and Ian McCulloch walking around Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

 and Liverpool

Liverpool

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. It makes heavy use of the split screen technique.
An alternate video was posted on the Manics official website on 8 December, which was directed by both Nicky Wire and his brother Patrick Jones.

CD 1

1. "Some Kind of Nothingness"
2. "Broken Up Again"
3. "Red Rubber"
4. "Evidence Against Myself"

CD 2

1. "Some Kind of Nothingness"
2. "Slow Reflections/Strange Delays"

(Manics website exclusive format)

Digital download

1. "Some Kind of Nothingness" (BBC Live Version)
2. "Some Kind of Nothingness"
3. "The Masses Against the Classes" (Live from Newport Centre)
4. "Sleepflower" (Live from Manchester Apollo)
5. "Yes" (Live from Manchester Apollo)