From Despair to Where

"From Despair to Where"
"From Despair to Where"
Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album Gold Against the Soul
B-side	"Hibernation"; "Spectators of Suicide" (Heavenly version); "Starlover" (Heavenly version);
Released	1 June 1993
Genre	Glam rock; grunge; soft rock;
Length	3:34
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Richey Edwards; Nicky Wire; James Dean Bradfield; Sean Moore;
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
Music video
	"From Despair to Where" on YouTube

"From Despair to Where" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 1 June 1993 by record label Columbia as the first single from their second studio album, Gold Against the Soul (1993).

Release

The single reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart on 12 June 1993.^[5] The CD includes the B-sides "Hibernation", "Spectators of Suicide (Heavenly Records version)" and "Starlover (Heavenly Records version)". The 12-inch version does not include "Starlover", and the cassette only features "Hibernation".^[6] "From Despair to Where" made an appearance as track number 12 on Forever Delayed (2002), the Manics' greatest hits album.^[7]

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"From Despair to Where"	3:36
2.	"Hibernation"	3:31
3.	"Spectators of Suicide" (Heavenly version)	5:06
4.	"Starlover" (Heavenly version)	2:39

12-inch

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"From Despair to Where"	3:36

Side B
No.	Title	Length
2.	"Hibernation"	3:31
3.	"Spectators of Suicide" (Heavenly version)	5:06

Cassette

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"From Despair to Where"	3:36

Side B
No.	Title	Length
2.	"Hibernation"	3:31

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[5]	25
UK Airplay (Music Week)^[8]	33

References

^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 29 May 1993. p. 23.
^ Gourlay, Dom (22 June 2020). "Gold Against the Soul – Deluxe Edition". Under the Radar. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ Jovanovic, Rob (2010). A Version of Reason: The Search for Richey Edwards. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781409111290.
^ Pike, Daniel (2002). "Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed Review". BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Manic Street Preachers Official Charts". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
^ Price 1999.
^ Power, Martin (17 October 2010). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press.
^ "Top 50 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week. 3 July 1993. p. 14. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

Books

Price, Simon (1999). Everything: A Book about Manic Street Preachers. Virgin. ISBN 978-0-7535-0139-9.

External links

"From Despair to Where" at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 29 May 1993. p. 23.

[2] Gourlay, Dom (22 June 2020). "Gold Against the Soul – Deluxe Edition". Under the Radar. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

[Jovanovic-3] Jovanovic, Rob (2010). A Version of Reason: The Search for Richey Edwards. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781409111290.

[4] Pike, Daniel (2002). "Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed Review". BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[UK_charts-5] "Manic Street Preachers Official Charts". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

[FOOTNOTEPrice1999-6] Price 1999.

[Power-7] Power, Martin (17 October 2010). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press.

[8] "Top 50 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week. 3 July 1993. p. 14. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

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v t e Manic Street Preachers
James Dean Bradfield Sean Moore Nicky Wire Richey Edwards
Studio albums	Generation Terrorists Gold Against the Soul The Holy Bible Everything Must Go This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Know Your Enemy Lifeblood Send Away the Tigers Journal for Plague Lovers Postcards from a Young Man Rewind the Film Futurology Resistance Is Futile The Ultra Vivid Lament
Compilation albums	Forever Delayed Lipstick Traces National Treasures – The Complete Singles Sleep Next to Plastic
EPs	New Art Riot Life Becoming a Landslide
Singles	"Suicide Alley" "Motown Junk" "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" "Stay Beautiful" "Love's Sweet Exile"/"Repeat" "You Love Us" "Slash 'n' Burn" "Motorcycle Emptiness" "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" "Little Baby Nothing" "From Despair to Where" "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" "Roses in the Hospital" "Faster" "Revol" "She Is Suffering" "A Design for Life" "Everything Must Go" "Kevin Carter" "Australia" "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" "The Everlasting" "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" "Tsunami" "The Masses Against the Classes" "So Why So Sad" "Found That Soul" "Ocean Spray" "Let Robeson Sing" "There by the Grace of God" "The Love of Richard Nixon" "Empty Souls" "Underdogs" "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" "Autumnsong" "Indian Summer" "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" "Some Kind of Nothingness" "Postcards from a Young Man" "This Is the Day" "Show Me the Wonder" "Anthem for a Lost Cause" "Walk Me to the Bridge" "Futurology" "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)" "International Blue" "Distant Colours" "Dylan & Caitlin" "Liverpool Revisited" "Hold Me Like a Heaven" "People Give In" "Orwellian" "The Secret He Had Missed" "Rosebud" "Decline and Fall"
Other songs	"4st 7lb" "Peeled Apples"
Video albums	Everything Live Leaving the 20th Century Louder Than War Forever Delayed
Solo Albums	The Great Western I Killed the Zeitgeist Even in Exile Intimism
Related articles	Discography Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair