I Am the Resurrection

I Am the Resurrection

Infobox Single |
Name = I Am The Resurrection


Artist = The Stone Roses
from Album = The Stone Roses
Released = March 30, 1992
Format = CD, cassette, vinyl record 12", 7"
Recorded = 1988
Genre = Madchester
Length = 8:13
Label = Silvertone
Producer = John Leckie
Chart position = # 33 (UK Singles Chart)
Reviews =
Last single = "Waterfall"
(1991)
This single = "I Am the Resurrection"
(1992)
Next single = "Love Spreads"
(1994)

"I Am the Resurrection" is a song by The Stone Roses and the final song on the UK version of their debut album.

The last four minutes of the song is an instrumental outro. The song is in the key of B Mixolydian. The single was released on March 30 1992, and reached #33 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the last of several singles released from their debut album while the band were estranged from their label Silvertone.

The track's title and its placing as the final song on the album is believed to have influenced the title of their long-awaited follow-up album, The Second Coming, which was released five years later.

"Q" magazine placed it at number 10 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.

NME magazine placed "I Am the Resurrection" at number 8 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.

Originally, the 12" exclusively contained the 8'13" "Extended 16-9 Ratio Club Mix". Other versions were considerably shorter (under 4 minutes).

Artwork

John Squire designed the "I Am the Resurrection" cover, (an up-close shot from the cover of the first album) continuing the Jackson Pollock influenced theme of singles from "The Stone Roses".

Quotes

Ian: "I saw a poster with the words that had been written with fluorescent paint, that was put on the door of a church and it impressed me. So this lyric is about anti-Christianity. If people have a normal brain, they should find out how false this statement is. But sometimes people need mental support even though they understand the real meaning. Very sad or ironic, the church is making money...the Roman Catholic Church is the richest religious organisation in the world, everyone must know that".

John: " [The song is] a murderous attack on one individual, I don't want to tell you who it is. It's someone both Ian and I know."


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