Ridiculous Thoughts

Ridiculous Thoughts

Infobox Single


Name = "Ridiculous Thoughts"
Artist = The Cranberries
from Album = "No Need to Argue"
Released = July 31, 1995 (UK)
Genre = Alternative
Length = 4:31
Label = Island Records
Writer = O'Riordan, Hogan
Producer = Stephen Street
Chart position = * #20 Official UK Singles Chart
* #14 US Modern Rock Tracks
Last single = "I Can't Be With You" 1995
This single = "Ridiculous Thoughts" 1996
Next single = "Salvation" 1996

"Ridiculous Thoughts" is a song by The Cranberries, released as the fourth single from their second studio album "No Need to Argue".

ong profile

"Ridiculous Thoughts" was recorded at The Manor Studios, Oxford and Townhouse Studios, London, during the 1994 sessions for "No Need to Argue".

The music for "Ridiculous Thoughts" was written by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan. The lyrics were written by O'Riordan. It was produced and engineered by Stephen Street.

ingle release & chart performance

"Ridiculous Thoughts" was released as a single on July 1995. It had mild success in both the UK and the US.

As most of the Cranberries' singles, it didn't see a CD issued under its name on the US, thus it couldn't make it to the US Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at #14 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, and got to #20 in the UK.

UK Single Release:
* Ridiculous Thoughts (3:37 Edit)
* Empty
* Zombie (Live Unplugged)
* Ode To My Family (Live Unplugged)

Music video

The video clip for "Ridiculous Thoughts" was directed on May 1995 by Samuel Bayer, and later redone by Freckles Flynn.

The band was shown as the freaks of a circus (the elastic man, the bearded woman, etc.) on a deserted location. It features a young Elijah Wood, who tries to follow some kind of radio signal (which seems to be guided by Dolores' voice), all around the ruins of a building.

O'Riordan stated that the band did not understand or indentify with the concept that Bayer had shown in the video, and thus, they decided to redo it, mixing the original tape with live footage from their American Tour.


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