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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Strange
| cover = Strange Wets.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Wet Wet Wet
| album = 10
| released =
| recorded = SeptemberOctober 1996
| studio = Sarm Hook End Manor (Checkendon, England)
| genre =
| length = 3:46
| label =
| writer =
| producer =
| prev_title = If I Never See You Again
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Yesterday/Maybe I'm in Love
| next_year = 1997
| misc =
}}
"'Strange'" is a song by Scottish band Wet Wet Wet, released as the second single from their fifth studio album, '10' (1997). It was released on 2 June 1997, charting at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and becoming the group's 19th top-20 hit in the UK. Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album, 'Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile'.
Track listings
'UK CD1'
# "Strange" (radio edit)
# "Lip Service" (live at Hook End)
# "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now" (live at Wembley)
# "Strange" (live at Hook End)
'UK CD2'
# "Strange" (radio edit)
# "If I Never See You Again" (live at Hook End)
# "Theme from Grand Prix"
# "Strange" (LP version)
'UK cassette and European CD single'
# "Strange" (radio edit)
# "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now" (live at Wembley)
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes and the '10' booklet.
'Studio'
* Recorded between September and October 1996 at Sarm Hook End Manor (Checkendon, England)
'Personnel'
* Graeme Clark writing, production
* Tommy Cunningham writing
* Neil Mitchell writing
* Marti Pellow writing
* Graeme Duffin all guitars, production
* Lus Jardim percussion
* Paul Spong trumpet
* Steve Sidwell trumpet
* Mark Nightingale trombone
* Jamie Talbot saxophone
* Axel Kroell co-production
* Bob Clearmountain mixing
* Ian Morrow programming
* Paul Wright engineering
* Tim Wills engineering assistant
Charts
References
Category:1997 singles
Category:1997 songs
Category:Mercury Records singles
Category:Songs written by Graeme Clark (musician)
Category:Songs written by Marti Pellow
Category:Songs written by Neil Mitchell (musician)
Category:Songs written by Tommy Cunningham
Category:Wet Wet Wet songs
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