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A Small Victory
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Wikipedia article
"'A Small Victory'" is the tenth track and the second single from Faith No More's fourth studio album 'Angel Dust'. It was released as a single on August 3, 1992, in Europe and 16 days later in Japan. The song was later remixed by Youth of Killing Joke. This remix was released on September 1, 1992, in Europe, and on October 29, 1992, in the US. It was their last single to chart in the Billboard Modern Rock charts, peaking at #11. It was one of their lowest charting singles in Australia, only making it to #84 on the ARIA Charts. When asked about the song's meaning, Mike Patton said:
Artwork
The cover features a vintage World War 2 photograph of a soldier loading shells which originally featured on the cover of Life Magazine in September 1939.https://www.originallifemagazines.com/product/life-magazine-september-18-1939/
Music video
At the time it was described as their "most radio-friendly song" and stylistically more of a "dance song" than their other works. For this reason the band wanted a music video "visual to complement it."
The video was directed by Marcus Nispel, known for his work with C+C Music Factory. On September 2, 1993, the music video was nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Art Direction, but lost to Madonna's song "Rain" off her album 'Erotica'.[http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1993/mtvvmas.htm rockonthenet.com], page on the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, retrieved on January 6, 2008
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Category:1992 songs
Category:Faith No More songs
Category:Songs written by Billy Gould
Category:Songs written by Roddy Bottum
Category:Songs written by Mike Patton
Category:Songs written by Jim Martin (musician)
Category:Songs written by Mike Bordin
Category:Music videos directed by Marcus Nispel
Category:American alternative rock songs
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