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* {{Suede}}'s ''Sci-Fi Lullabies'' is reckoned by many crtics to be the equal of their better studio albums.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8L_LbyE-cg Dance You Fuckers]] by WallOfVoodoo is one Hell of a b-side. Over 5 minutes long, it is the most CrazyAwesome track both line-ups ever recorded. Your mileage may not vary.
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* {{Blur}} have so many b-sides, that the situation is very close to ArchivePanic.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJRO0guayb0 Eye of The Lens]] by The Comsat Angels could have been their biggest hit in the early 80's, had it been included on an album.
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* {{Radiohead}}'s ''My Iron Lung EP'' consists of B-sides and outtakes from ''Pablo Honey''.
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* {{RedHotChiliPeppers}}' Soul To Squeeze was the B Side to both Give It Away and Under The Bridge in 1991. In 1993 it appeared on the Coneheads soundtrack and was released as a single. Many people thought it was a new song, which was why the song was a hit.
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* The Used's ''Shallow Believer''.
* ManicStreetPreachers has ''Lipstick Traces'', featuring their B-sides from 1989 to 2002.
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* The Protomen released a white vinyl record roughly one year prior to releasing their Act II CD with the single "Father of Death". The other side contained a remixed version of "No Easy Way Out" from Rocky IV.
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* {{Oasis}}'s "Acquiesce" started out as the B-side to "Some Might Say". Such was its popularity with fans that it became a single itself a few years later (natch, it was as the lead-off single from ''The Masterplan'', a collection of B-sides).
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* TheSmashingPumpkins' ''Pisces Iscariot'' and ''Judas Ø''.
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* ''Shits & Giggles'' by the Kleptones is a 2010 compilation of Kleptones b-sides from 2004 to the present day. The catch is that, as a mash-up artist, all of his albums have been released online for free and they've never had a proper "single". Also, [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome it's damn good]].
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* "Ice Ice Baby" — yes, the VanillaIce song — was a B-side to another song that is largely forgotten.
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* "Ice Ice Baby" — yes, the VanillaIce song — was a originally the B-side to another song that is largely forgotten."Play That Funky Music," which was also a top five hit but not as big as "Ice Ice Baby."
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* By his own admission, Jasper Carrott's "Funky Moped" only charted as a hit single because the B-side had a [[SubvertedKidsShow risqué]] ''MagicRoundabout'' sketch.
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* The B-side to Napoleon XIV's "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" was called "!aaaH-aH yawA eM ekaT ot gnimoC er'yehT" and was a backward version of the A-side.
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* EltonJohn's ''Rare Masters'' collects his B-sides from 1968 through 1975 along with a few soundtrack recordings and other rarities.
* ''Alternative'' by PetShopBoys collects their B-sides from 1986 through 1994.
* ''Alternative'' by PetShopBoys collects their B-sides from 1986 through 1994.
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* In Japan, this is a requirement for many bands, in order to control the piracy. Well... [[CaptainObvious it]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfired]]. The Japanese Editions are among the most wanted (and thus, among the most pirated) editions of the albums.
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* Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" was originally the B-side to "Substitute."
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* "How Soon Is Now?" by TheSmiths was first released as a B-side and only later given a proper single release. This is commonly cited as the reason for its comparatively poor chart performance.
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* {{ABBA}}'s "S.O.S.", which was one of their first worldwide hits, was originally issued as the B-side to the mainly forgotten "Man in the Middle".
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* "[[{{KISS}} Beth]]" was the b-side to "Detroit Rock City."
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* The song "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (by "Steam") was written for the purpose of being the inferior B-side song for a number of A-side songs. It became a hit, while most of the A-sides were forgotten.
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Often when bands release a single they want to put a little extra on there for the fans. It so happens that back in the days of the 45 there was a whole half of the vinyl record left over for the extra music; the side with the main song on it was the "A-side" and the side with the rest on is the B-side.
Even today, now that the 45 single is more-or-less on the way out, the terminology persists. A BSide is a song released alongside a single. It may be a remix of the A-side, a song that's not good enough for release on an album, something too experimental to be commercially viable on its own, or just a joke.
Even today, now that the 45 single is more-or-less on the way out, the terminology persists. A BSide is a song released alongside a single. It may be a remix of the A-side, a song that's not good enough for release on an album, something too experimental to be commercially viable on its own, or just a joke.
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Often when bands release a single single, they want to put a little extra on there for the fans. It so happens that back in the days of the 45 rpm record, there was a whole half of the vinyl record left over for the extra music; the side with the main song on it was the "A-side" and the side with the rest on is the B-side.
B-side.
Even today, now that the 45 rpm single is more-or-less on the way out, the terminology persists. ABSide B-side is a song released alongside a single. It may be a remix of the A-side, a song that's not good enough for release on an album, something too experimental to be commercially viable on its own, or just a joke.
Even today, now that the 45 rpm single is more-or-less on the way out, the terminology persists. A
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Occasionally both sides of the single are promoted equally; the single is then called a "double A-side". Famous examples include [[TheBeatles Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane]] and [[{{Queen}} We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions]].
B-sides may be collected onto [[CompilationAlbum Compliation Albums]], or be included on an extra disc for deluxe reissues and [[BoxSet Box Sets]]. They might also turn up as a bonus track on later printings of the album.
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Unscrupulous publishers used to cheaply buy the rights to B-sides of songs they predicted to be hits. Since the B-side got 50% of the airplay royalties the publishers would clean up.
BSide songs may well become [[BlackSheepHit Black Sheep Hits]].
[[OmnipresentTropes Ubiquitous throughout]] the music industry, so examples should be parodies, subversions, or otherwise noteworthy.
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* The B-side to Napoleon XIV's "They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" was called "!aaaH-aH yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT" and was a backwards version of the A-side.
* The SpittingImage single "The Chicken Song" b/w "I've Never Met A Nice South African" was jokingly promoted on the cover as a "double B-side", [[DontExplainTheJoke implying both songs were of dubious quality]].
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* {{Gorillaz}} has two whole BSide albums- ''G Sides'' for their self-titled first album, and ''D Sides'' for their second album ''Demon Days''. They contain both unused songs and remixes by other artists.
* {{Radiohead}}'s ''My Iron Lung EP'' (BSides and outtakes from ''Pablo Honey'')
* {{Radiohead}}'s ''My Iron Lung EP'' (BSides and outtakes from ''Pablo Honey'')
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* {{Radiohead}}'s ''My Iron Lung EP''(BSides consists of B-sides and outtakes from ''Pablo Honey'')Honey''.
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* BoneyM originally released "Brown Girl In The Ring" as the B-side to "Rivers of Babylon". Once "Rivers of Babylon" had become a hit and was slipping down the charts, they asked radio stations to start playing "Brown Girl in the Ring" instead - and then released that as the A-side of a single, with the B-side - what else? - "Rivers of Babylon". Effectively many people ended up buying the same record again but upside down.
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* BoneyM originally released "Brown Girl In The in the Ring" as the B-side to "Rivers of Babylon". Once "Rivers of Babylon" had become a hit and was slipping down the charts, they asked radio stations to start playing "Brown Girl in the Ring" instead - — and then released that as the A-side of a single, with the B-side - — what else? - — "Rivers of Babylon". Effectively Effectively, many people ended up buying the same record again but upside down.
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* "Ice Ice Baby"--yes, the VanillaIce song--was a B-Side to another song that is larely forgotten.
* "Move It" by Cliff Richard and the Drifters and "Shakin' All Over" by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates (the first British rock record and rock number one, respectively).
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B-sides may be collected onto [[CompilationAlbum Compliation Albums]], or be included on an extra disc for deluxe reissues and [[BoxSet Box Sets]].
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* In Japan, this is a requirement for many bands, in order to control the piracy. Well... [[CaptainObvious it]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfired]]. The Japanese Editions are among the most wanted (and thus, among the most pirated) editions of the albums.
* In Japan, this is a requirement for many bands, in order to control the piracy. Well... [[CaptainObvious it]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfired]]. The Japanese Editions are among the most wanted (and thus, among the most pirated) editions of the albums.
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Even today, now that the 45 single is more-or-less on the way out, the terminology persists. A BSide is a song released alongside a single. It may be a remix of the A-side, a song that's not good enough for release on an album, something too experimental to be commercially viable on its own, or just a joke.
The single is usually denoted as "A-side b/w B-side", the b/w standing for 'backed with'.
Occasionally both sides of the single are promoted equally; the single is then called a "double A-side". Famous examples include [[TheBeatles Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane]] and [[{{Queen}} We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions]].
B-sides may be collected onto [[CompilationAlbum Compliation Albums]], or be included on an extra disc for deluxe reissues and [[BoxSet Box Sets]].
Unscrupulous publishers used to cheaply buy the rights to B-sides of songs they predicted to be hits. Since the B-side got 50% of the airplay royalties the publishers would clean up.
[[OmnipresentTropes Ubiquitous throughout]] the music industry, so examples should be parodies, subversions, or otherwise noteworthy.
See also BMovie, BSideComics.
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*The B-side to Napoleon XIV's "They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" was called "!aaaH-aH yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT" and was a backwards version of the A-side.
*The SpittingImage single "The Chicken Song" b/w "I've Never Met A Nice South African" was jokingly promoted on the cover as a "double B-side", [[DontExplainTheJoke implying both songs were of dubious quality]].
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*{{Gorillaz}} has two whole BSide albums- ''G Sides'' for their self-titled first album, and ''D Sides'' for their second album ''Demon Days''. They contain both unused songs and remixes by other artists.
*{{Radiohead}}'s ''My Iron Lung EP'' (BSides and outtakes from ''Pablo Honey'')
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*BoneyM originally released "Brown Girl In The Ring" as the B-side to "Rivers of Babylon". Once "Rivers of Babylon" had become a hit and was slipping down the charts, they asked radio stations to start playing "Brown Girl in the Ring" instead - and then released that as the A-side of a single, with the B-side - what else? - "Rivers of Babylon". Effectively many people ended up buying the same record again but upside down.
*The song "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (by "Steam") was written for the purpose of being the inferior B-side song for a number of A-side songs. It became a hit, while most of the A-sides were forgotten.
*"Ice Ice Baby"--yes, the VanillaIce song--was a B-Side to another song that is larely forgotten.
*"Move It" by Cliff Richard and the Drifters and "Shakin' All Over" by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates (the first British rock record and rock number one, respectively).
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