Black Nite Crash

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"Black Nite Crash"
Single by Ride
from the album Tarantula
B-side
  • "Nothing Lasts Forever"
  • "Slave"
  • "A Trip Down Ronnie Lane"
Released12 February 1996
RecordedLondon 1995
Length2:34
LabelCreation
Songwriter(s)
Ride singles chronology
"I Don't Know Where It Comes From"
(1994)
"Black Nite Crash"
(1996)
"Charm Assault"
(2017)

"Black Nite Crash" is a single by English shoegazing band Ride, from their album Tarantula. It reached number 67 on the UK Singles Chart on 24 February 1996.[2] The single was released shortly before the band's break up, and was awarded single of the week by the weekly music magazine Melody Maker.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Andy Bell except where noted

12-inch (CRE 199T)
No.TitleLength
1."Black Nite Crash"2:34
2."Nothing Lasts Forever"3:31
3."Slave" (Mark Gardener)3:50
4."A Trip Down Ronnie Lane"3:37
CD (CRESCD 199)
No.TitleLength
1."Black Nite Crash"2:34
2."Nothing Lasts Forever"3:31
3."Slave" (Mark Gardener)3:50
4."A Trip Down Ronnie Lane"3:37
  • Track 4 features a short untitled bonus track after "A Trip Down Ronnie Lane" and 11:08 of silence. The track, which is approximately 0:23 in duration uses the same tune as "Wilmot" by Sabres of Paradise (a single from 1994), which in turn uses a sample of a track from 1931 by Wilmoth Houdini entitled "Black But Sweet"

Personnel[edit]

Ride

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

  • negativespace – design
  • Paul Motion – engineering
  • Richard "Digby" Smith – producer
  • Mark Freegard – mixing

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ASCAP Songview repertory entry for this song". Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ride - Black Nite Crash". Official Charts Company. 1996-02-24. Retrieved 2012-01-16.