Your New Cuckoo

"Your New Cuckoo"
Single by the Cardigans
from the album First Band on the Moon
B-side"Country Hell"
Released9 December 1996 (1996-12-09)
StudioTambourine Studios (Malmö, Sweden)[1]
Length4:05
LabelStockholm
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tore Johansson
The Cardigans singles chronology
"Been It"
(1996) 		"Your New Cuckoo"
(1996) 		"My Favourite Game"
(1998)
Alternate cover
CD2

"Your New Cuckoo" is a song from the Cardigans' third studio album, First Band on the Moon. Released on 9 December 1996 in Japan, the song reached number 35 on the UK Singles Chart the following year.

Formats and track listings

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"Your New Cuckoo", "Lovefool", and "Hey! Get Out of My Way" were written by Nina Persson and Peter Svensson; "Country Hell", "I Figured Out", "After All", "Rise and Shine", and "Sick and Tired" were written by Magnus Sveningsson and Svensson; "Carnival" was written by Persson, Sveningsson, and Svensson.

A1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Hyper Disco Mix)
B1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Super Stereo Mix)
B2. "Your New Cuckoo" (radio edit)
  • European CD single (Stockholm: 571 484–2)[3]
  1. "Your New Cuckoo" (radio edit) – 3:30
  2. "Country Hell" – 2:45
  • European maxi-CD single (Stockholm: 573 439–2)[4]
  1. "Your New Cuckoo" (radio edit) – 3:30
  2. "Country Hell" – 2:45
  3. "I Figured Out" (demo '93) – 2:04
  4. "After All" (demo '93) – 2:36
  • UK CD1 (Trampolene, Stockholm, Polydor: 571 661–2)[5]
  1. "Your New Cuckoo" (radio edit) – 3:30
  2. "Your New Cuckoo" (Hyper Disco Mix) – 9:24
  3. "Your New Cuckoo" (Super Stereo Mix) – 3:52
  • UK CD2 (Trampolene, Stockholm, Polydor: 571 663–2)[6]
  1. "Your New Cuckoo" (radio edit) – 3:30
  2. "I Figured Out" (demo '93) – 2:04
  3. "After All" (demo '93) – 2:36
  4. "Lovefool" (radio edit) – 3:17
  • Australian CD single (Stockholm: 571 485–2)[7]
  1. "Your New Cuckoo" (radio edit) – 3:30
  2. "Your New Cuckoo" (Hyper Disco Mix) – 9:24
  3. "Your New Cuckoo" (Super Stereo Mix) – 3:52
  4. "Country Hell" – 2:47
  • Japanese limited-edition 7-inch EP (Stockholm: POKP–9001)[8]
A1. "Your New Cuckoo"
A2. "Carnival"
B1. "Rise and Shine"
B2. "Hey! Get Out of My Way"
B3. "Sick & Tired"

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of First Band on the Moon.[9]

Musicians

Additional musicians and technical personnel

Charts

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Chart (1997) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[10] 30
UK Singles (OCC)[11] 35

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Japan 9 December 1996 CD
[12]
United Kingdom 25 August 1997
  • CD
  • cassette
[13]

References

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  1. ^ Sillitoe, Sue (March 1999). "Tore Johansson: Recording The Cardigans 'My Favourite Game'". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. ^ Your New Cuckoo (Swedish 12-inch vinyl disc). The Cardigans. Stockholm Records. 1997. 571 661-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Your New Cuckoo (European CD single liner notes). The Cardigans. Stockholm Records, Trampolene Records. 1997. 573 438-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Your New Cuckoo (European maxi-CD single liner notes). The Cardigans. Stockholm Records, Trampolene Records. 1997. 573 439-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Your New Cuckoo (UK CD1 liner notes). The Cardigans. Stockholm Records, Trampolene Records, Polydor Records. 1997. 571 661-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Your New Cuckoo (UK CD2 liner notes). The Cardigans. Stockholm Records, Trampolene Records, Polydor Records. 1997. 571 663-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Your New Cuckoo (Australian CD single liner notes). The Cardigans. Stockholm Records, Trampolene Records, Polydor Records. 1997. 571 485-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Your New Cuckoo (Japanese limited 7-inch EP sleeve). The Cardigans. Stockholm Records. 1996. POKP-9001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ First Band on the Moon (CD liner notes). The Cardigans. Stockholm Records. 1996. 533 117–2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  12. ^ "ユア・ニュー・ククー | カーディガンズ" [Your New Cuckoo | Cardigans] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  13. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 23 August 1997. p. 33.
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