Kevin Carter (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Kevin Carter


Artist = Manic Street Preachers
from Album = Everything Must Go
Released = September 30, 1996
Format = CD, cassette
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:25 (Edit)
Label = Epic
Producer =
Chart position =

• #9 (UK)

Reviews =
Last single = "Everything Must Go"
(1996)
This single = "Kevin Carter"
(1996)
Next single = "Australia"
(1996) |

"Kevin Carter" is a song by Manic Street Preachers, released as the third single form their album "Everything Must Go" in 1996. Its subject was the 1994 Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, Kevin Carter.

The CD included "Horses Under Starlight", "Sepia" and "First Republic", while the cassette included an acoustic version of "Everything Must Go".

The song reached number nine in the UK charts on October 12, 1996 giving them a third straight top ten hit. It also made an appearance as track number nine on "Forever Delayed", the band's greatest hits album released in November 2002.

The song's lyrics were written solely by missing member Richey Edwards.

The B-side, "Sepia", is a reference to the final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where the two main characters are shown in freeze frame, which then is colourised to sepia tone.

Track listing

CD1

# "Kevin Carter"
# "Horses Under Starlight" [instrumental]
# "Sepia"
# "First Republic"

CD2

# "Kevin Carter" - 3:26
# "Kevin Carter (Bust Loose)" - 7:45
# "Kevin Carter (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix)" - 6:40
# "Kevin Carter (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Soundtrack)" - 6:37

MC

# "Kevin Carter"
# "Everything Must Go (Acoustic version)"