Black Nite Crash

"Black Nite Crash" was a single by English shoegazing band Ride, from their album Tarantula. It reached number 67 in the UK Singles Chart on 24 February 1996. This single was released shortly before the band's break up, and was awarded single of the week by the weekly music magazine Melody Maker.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Andy Bell except where noted. 

  • Track 4 features a short untitled bonus track after "A Trip Down Ronnie Lane" and 11:08 of silence. The track, which is approximately 0:23 in duration uses the same tune as "Wilmot" by Sabres of Paradise (a single from 1994), which in turn uses a sample of a track from 1931 by Wilmoth Houdini entitled "Black But Sweet"
  • Credits

  • Laurence Colbert - drums
  • Steve Queralt - bass
  • Mark Gardener - vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Andy Bell - vocals, lead guitar
  • Nick Moorbath - piano, Rhodes, Hammond
  • Jeff Scantlebury - percussion
  • negativespace - design
  • Paul Motion - engineering
  • Richard "Digby" Smith - engineering
  • Mark Freegard - mixing
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Black Nite Crash

    by: Ride

    See the girls coughing, looking underfed
    When they go to sleep, they dream of being dead
    I saw you in the corner, with a butcher's knife
    Your boyfriend running round, looking for a midwife
    Everyone's got the same disease, it's alright
    Everybody lives down on their knees, it's alright
    Bumped into a hunchback abuser
    Said he made a million working on a cruiser
    Do what he want and he don't get caught
    He's looking at the moon but I'm an astronaut
    Everyone looks when they see a crash, it's alright
    Everybody needs just a little cash, it's alright
    Evening daybreak, switchblade stomach ache
    Gonna meet a man with a rattlesnake handshake
    Walk around like I'm looking for an upgrade




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