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Sick & Tired (The Cardigans song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Sick & Tired
| cover = The Cardigans-Sick & Tired.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Cardigans
| album = Emmerdale
| B-side =
* "Plain Parade"
* "Laika"
* "Pooh Song"
* "The Boys Are Back in Town"
| released = 1994
| recorded = 1994
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:24
| label = Trampolene
| writer = Peter Svensson, Magnus Sveningsson
| producer = Tore Johansson
| prev_title = Rise and Shine
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Carnival
| next_year = 1995
| misc =
}}
'"Sick & Tired"' is a pop song by Swedish band The Cardigans. It was released in September 1994 as the third single from their debut album 'Emmerdale' in Sweden and as their first single in Japan. It was subsequently featured on the international release of their second album 'Life' and issued as the first single from it in March 1995. A reissue later the same year became the group's first top-forty hit in the United Kingdom. In February 1996 the song reached number one in Iceland, staying at the summit for four weeks.
The song addresses the aftermath of a summer love affair which ended badly, leaving the narrator "sick and tired". In the chorus, the narrator addresses her former lover, suggesting that "you can always say you did no major harm", before immediately rejecting such a notion with "oh spare me if you please".
All of the B-sides from both issues of the single were later included on the compilation 'The Other Side of the Moon'. All except the cover of "The Boys Are Back in Town" also appeared on the 2CD edition of 'Best Of The Cardigans'.
Critical reception
James Masterton wrote in his weekly UK chart commentary in Dotmusic, "The single is a lovely laid-back oddity which deserves a far bigger chart audience than it is likely to get."
Music video
A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Swedish director Bjrn Lindgren. It was later published on The Cardigans's official YouTube channel in February 2016. The video has amassed more than 900,000 views as of September 2021.
Track listing
* 'Sweden CD single (1994) and international CD single (1995)'
#"Sick & Tired"
#"Plain Parade"
#"Laika"
#"Pooh Song"
* 'UK CD single (re-issue) (1995)'
#"Sick & Tired"
#"Pooh Song"
#"The Boys Are Back in Town"
#"Carnival (Puck version)"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:1995 singles
Category:The Cardigans songs
Category:Songs written by Peter Svensson
Category:1995 songs
Category:Songs written by Magnus Sveningsson
Category:Number-one singles in Iceland
Category:English-language Swedish songs
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