"Freaks" | ||||
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Single by Live | ||||
from the album Secret Samadhi | ||||
B-side | "Love My Way" | |||
Released | May 4, 1997 [1] | |||
Length | 4:53 | |||
Label | Radioactive Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Live | |||
Producer(s) | Jay Healy, Live | |||
Live singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative covers | ||||
"Freaks" is a song by alternative rock group Live, which was released as the second single from their 1997 album, Secret Samadhi.
The song was not released as a single in the US, but still reached #5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart [2] and #13 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. [2] The single was included as a bonus disc on some copies of the album Secret Samadhi in Australia.
The cover art for the single is from the song's music video, which was directed by Paul Cunningham. [3] The video stars British actor Peter Guinness and features Live, dressed in red shirts and tuxedos, performing the song in a club, where the only drink served appears to be milk. Guinness plays a newcomer to the bar who sits drinking black coffee and refuses the attempts of another patron to get him to try the milk. After a scuffle the newcomer tries to leave but is subdued by the other patrons who force him to drink the milk from a champagne bottle.
The song reached #60 on the UK Singles Chart, [4] #80 in The Netherlands and #36 in Australia. [5]
All songs written by Live: