The Ballad of Tom Jones explained

The Ballad of Tom Jones
Cover:Space-The-Ballad-Of-Tom-Ones-CD1.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Space with Cerys Matthews
Album:Tin Planet
B-Side:
  • "Happy Endings"
  • "Now She's Gone"
  • "Stress Transmissions"
Released:[1]
Genre:Britpop[2]
Length:4:11
Label:Gut
Producer:Jeremy Wheatley, Space
Chronology:Space
Prev Title:Avenging Angels
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Begin Again
Next Year:1998

"The Ballad of Tom Jones" is a song by English band Space and Cerys Matthews, lead singer of Welsh band Catatonia. Lead singer Tommy Scott described Tom Jones as 'brilliant'.[3] The song became a highly successful radio single, and resulted in Space performing with Jones in Jools Holland's' New Year's Eve television programme.[4]

Released on 23 February 1998, the song peaked at number four in the United Kingdom, number 26 in Ireland, number 46 in Australia, and number 27 in New Zealand. It is the band's highest-selling single in their home country, earning a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of at least 200,000 copies.

Track listings

UK CD1[5]

  1. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" – 4:09
  2. "Happy Endings" – 3:08
  3. "Now She's Gone" – 2:36
  4. "Stress Transmissions" – 3:53

UK CD2 and Australian CD single[6] [7]

  1. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" – 4:09
  2. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (Cocktail Lounge mix) – 5:45
  3. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (Dirty Beatniks mix) – 4:29
  4. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (Sound 5 mix) – 6:48
  5. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (Sure Is Pure dub mix) – 7:14
  6. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (SX Dub "Scratchin' Cuckoo" mix) – 5:04
  7. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (Tom Jones: Axe to Your Head mix) – 6:04

UK 7-inch single[8]

A. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" – 4:09

B. "Now She's Gone" – 2:36

UK cassette single[9]

  1. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" – 4:09
  2. "Happy Endings" – 3:08
  3. "Now She's Gone" – 2:36

Charts

Year-end charts

External links

Notes and References

  1. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 29. 21 February 1998. 6 July 2021.
  2. Book: Stanley, Bob . Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop . 13 September 2013. Faber & Faber. 978-0-571-28198-5. 91.
  3. Book: Ellis, Lucy. Tom Jones: close up. 2000. Omnibus. 0711975493. 339.
  4. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. 2003. Rough Guides. 1858284570. 179. registration.
  5. The Ballad of Tom Jones. Space, Cerys Matthews. 1998. UK CD1 liner notes. Gut Records. CDGUT18.
  6. The Ballad of Tom Jones. Space, Cerys Matthews. 1998. UK CD2 liner notes. Gut Records. CXGUT18.
  7. The Ballad of Tom Jones. Space, Cerys Matthews. 1998. Australian CD single liner notes. Festival Records. D1693.
  8. The Ballad of Tom Jones. Space, Cerys Matthews. 1998. UK 7-inch single sleeve. Gut Records. 7GUT18.
  9. The Ballad of Tom Jones. Space, Cerys Matthews. 1998. UK cassette single sleeve. Gut Records. CAGUT18.
  10. Web site: Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1998 wg sprzedaży. pl. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150604184020/http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201998.html. 4 June 2015. 30 April 2019.

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