You Stole the Sun from My Heart

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"You Stole the Sun from My Heart"
Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
Released8 March 1999 (1999-03-08)
StudioChateau de la Rouge Motte (Domfront en Poiraie, France)
GenreRock[1]
Length4:20
LabelEpic
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Nick Jones
Producer(s)Mike Hedges
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
"The Everlasting"
(1998)
"You Stole the Sun from My Heart"
(1999)
"Tsunami"
(1999)

"You Stole the Sun from My Heart" is a 1999 song by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers and is the third single from their fifth studio album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours. It went to number 2 in Iceland, number 5 in the United Kingdom and Scotland, number 20 in Ireland, number 94 in the Netherlands and number 97 in Australia. The song was later namechecked in the 2007 song Your Love Alone Is Not Enough.

Track listings[change | change source]

All music was written by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore except where indicated. All lyrics were written by Nick Jones except where indicated.

UK CD1[2]

  1. "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" – 4:20
  2. "Socialist Serenade" – 4:12
  3. "Train in Vain" (live at the Newcastle Arena, 14 December 1998) (music and lyrics: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones) – 3:14

UK CD2[3]

  1. "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" – 4:20
  2. "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" (David Holmes' A Joyful Racket Remix) – 5:12
  3. "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" (Mogwai Remix) – 6:09

UK cassette single[4]

  1. "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" – 4:20
  2. "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (live at Cardiff International Arena, 21 December 1998) – 4:48

References[change | change source]

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  2. You Stole the Sun from My Heart (UK CD1 liner notes). Manic Street Preachers. Epic Records. 1999. 666953 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. You Stole the Sun from My Heart (UK CD2 liner notes). Manic Street Preachers. Epic Records. 1999. 666953 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. You Stole the Sun from My Heart (UK cassette single sleeve). Manic Street Preachers. Epic Records. 1999. 666953 4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)