Found That Soul

"Found That Soul"
Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album Know Your Enemy
Released26 February 2001 (2001-02-26)
Length3:05
LabelEpic
Songwriters
ProducerDave Eringa
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
"So Why So Sad"
(2001)		 "Found That Soul"
(2001)		 "Ocean Spray"
(2001)

"Found That Soul" is a song by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 26 February 2001 from their sixth studio album, Know Your Enemy (2001). Writing credit was shared by all three members of the band: James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire. The song reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart.

Release

Released on the same day as "So Why So Sad", this was the first release by the Manics since the number-one hit "The Masses Against the Classes" 13 months earlier. It peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart on 4 March 2001, during the same week that "So Why So Sad" reached number eight. Despite entering the top 10, it was not included on the band's greatest hits album, Forever Delayed, making it the band's only top-10 single at the time of the compilation's release not to appear.

The CD includes versions of "Locust Valley" and "Ballad of the Bangkok Novotel", whereas the 7-inch includes a live version of "The Masses Against the Classes". "Ballad of the Bangkok Novotel" is entirely sung by Nicky Wire. In Benjamin Millar's review of Know Your Enemy for The Blurb, he described "Found That Soul" which "gets us off to a manic and electric start, a sonic attack that makes a huge noise for a three-piece."

Track listings

All tracks were written and composed by Nick Jones, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore.

UK CD single

  1. "Found That Soul" – 3:05
  2. "Locust Valley" – 4:09
  3. "Ballad of the Bangkok Novotel" – 2:36

Australian CD single

  1. "Found That Soul" – 3:05
  2. "So Why So Sad" – 3:55
  3. "Locust Valley" – 4:09
  4. "Ballad of the Bangkok Novotel" – 2:36

UK 7-inch single

  1. "Found That Soul" – 3:05
  2. "The Masses Against the Classes" (live at Millennium Stadium, 31 December 1999) – 3:00

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 37
Scottish Singles Sales (Official Charts)9
UK Singles (Official Charts)9

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 26 February 2001
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
 Epic
United States 5 June 2001 Alternative radio Virgin

References

  1. ↑ "'Found That Soul' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 25 January 2015. Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g. Found That Soul; or at 'Performer:' Manic Street Preachers
  2. ↑ Martin, Piers (12 September 2005). "Manic Street Preachers : So Why So Sad / Found That Soul". NME. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Official Singles Chart on 10/3/2001 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Scott, Paul (15 December 2006). "Top Ten Reasons why Britain's Music Critics needed The Strokes". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Millar, Benjamin (May 2001). "Manic Street Preachers: Dating the Enemy". The Blurb. No. 5. Archived from the original on 4 July 2001. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 18, no. 12. 17 March 2001. p. 15.
  7. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 10/3/2001 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "New Releases – For Week Starting February 26, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 24 February 2001. p. 27. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Alternative: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1404. 1 June 2001. p. 103.