Cannonball (The Breeders song)

Cannonball (The Breeders song)

Infobox Single
Name = Cannonball


Artist = The Breeders
from Album = Last Splash
B-side = "Cro-Aloha"
"Lord of the Thighs"
"900"
Released = August 9, 1993
Format = 12", CD
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length =
Label = 4AD/Elektra
Writer =
Producer =
Last single = —
This single = "Cannonball" (1993)
Next single = "Divine Hammer" (1993)
"Cannonball" is a song by The Breeders from their 1993 album "Last Splash". It was released as a single on August 9 1993 on 4AD/Elektra Records.

In May 2007, "NME" magazine placed "Cannonball" at number 22 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. It ranked #83 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s". Cannonball was featured in a preview for "", and also appeared in the introduction of the motion picture "A Walk to Remember" (2002) as well as in the heist scene of the 2001 film "Sugar & Spice" plus it was the original score to the infamous pants skit on MTV's sketch comedy show "The State".

Track listing

# "Cannonball" - 3:33
# "Cro-Aloha" - 2:15
# "Lord of the Thighs" - 3:58 (Aerosmith)
# "900" - 4:27 (Wiggs)

"Cro-Aloha" is a demo version of "No Aloha" from "Last Splash".

Music video

The music video for "Cannonball" was directed by Kim Gordon and Spike Jonze. [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=4414] It features the band in a garage, and the Deal sisters in what seems to be a dressing room trashed with clothes, sitting in a chair together. There are also shots of a cannonball rolling down suburban streets, as well as a shot of Kim Deal singing underwater.

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