Waterfall (The Stone Roses song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Waterfall
| cover = Stone Roses Waterfall.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Stone Roses
| album = The Stone Roses
| B-side = "One Love"
| released = 1991
| recorded = September 1988 & February 1989
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = * Madchester{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Hart |title= The Stones Roses: The Stone Roses: Legacy Edition |website= JamBase |date= 12 August 2009 |accessdate= 2 March 2014 |url= http://www.jambase.com/Articles/20062/The-Stones-Roses-The-Stone-Roses-Legacy-Edition}}
- indie rock{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/so-much-to-answer-for|title=So much to answer for|last=Dalton|first=Stephen|date=9 August 2009|newspaper=The National|access-date=9 August 2013|location=Abu Dhabi}}
- neo-psychedelia
| length = 4:41 (album version)
3:31 (7" version)
5:23 (12" version)
4:37 (album version 2009 remaster)
| label = Silvertone
| writer = Ian Brown, John Squire
| producer = John Leckie
| prev_title = One Love
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = I Am the Resurrection
| next_year = 1992
}}
"Waterfall" is the ninth single from The Stone Roses. The fourth single taken from their debut album The Stone Roses, it was released in 1991 and reached number 27 in the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web|title= Stone Roses |publisher= Official Charts Company |accessdate= 1 March 2013 |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25315/STONE%20ROSES/}} Although no longer pressed and rare to come by, physical copies of the single can still be found second hand online.
The song was placed at number 5 in a 2013 poll, by readers of The Guardian, of their "all-time favourite songs by the band."{{cite news|first= Emily |last= McDonnell-Thomas |title= The Stone Roses: five essential songs |newspaper= The Guardian |date= 31 May 2013 |accessdate= 15 May 2015 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/may/31/stone-roses-five-essential-songs}}
Track listing
;7" vinyl (Silvertone ORE 35)
;Cassette (Silvertone ORE C 35)
- "Waterfall" – 3:31
- "One Love" – 3:40
;12" vinyl (Silvertone ORE T 35)
- "Waterfall" – 5:23
- "One Love" – 7:10
;CD (Silvertone ORE CD 35)
- "Waterfall (7" version)" – 3:31
- "One Love (7" version)" – 3:40
- "Waterfall (12" version)" – 5:23
- "One Love (12" version)" – 7:10
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=The Stone Roses|title=Waterfall|type=single|award=Platinum|id=14153-561-1|certyear=2021|relyear=1991|accessdate=May 21, 2021}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.john-squire.com/discography/new/disco_tsr_singles_waterfall.html The Definitive Stone Roses Discography entry]
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Category:Song recordings produced by John Leckie
Category:Songs written by Ian Brown