Can't Get Enough (Suede song)

"Can't Get Enough" is the fourth and final single from the album Head Music by Suede, released on 8 November 1999 on Nude Records.

"Can't Get Enough"
Single by Suede
from the album Head Music
Released8 November 1999
FormatCD
Recorded1999
GenreAlternative rock, electronic rock
Length3:58
LabelNude
Songwriter(s)Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
Producer(s)Steve Osborne, Suede
Suede singles chronology
"Everything Will Flow"
(1999)		 "Can't Get Enough"
(1999)		 "Positivity"
(2002)

Background

All of the songs on the album were produced by Suede with Michael Ade except "Can't Get Enough," which was produced by Steve Osborne. The song peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart but was the first Suede single not to chart in Finland or Sweden since "New Generation" in 1995.[1][2]

The UK video for the song was directed by John Hillcoat, and features a couple, played by Max Beesley and Laura Fraser, trashing their apartment. An additional Australian-only version of the video was produced and directed by drummer Simon Gilbert, and is a composite of on tour B-roll footage and a live performance.

The single was released in Sweden with "Let Go" as the lead track and containing the b-sides from the first two UK CDs.

Critical reception

Music Week wrote: "[T]he Steve Osbourne-produced Can't Get Enough should see similar chart success to their previous two releases. While not as catchy, Can't Get Enough is a credible and energetic outing with some excellent guitar work and Brett Anderson's distinctive vocal."[3] Select said "Suede's new-brand robo-pop reaches a mystifying conclusion here," and called the chorus' ambiguous lyrics "endearingly silly where once they were glorious." They added: "The B-sides show a welcome human touch beneath the metallic sheen, especially the lovely 'Since You Went Away'."[4]

Single track listings

CD1

  1. "Can't Get Enough" (Brett Anderson, Neil Codling)
  2. "Let Go" (Anderson, Codling)
  3. "Since You Went Away" (Anderson)

CD2

  1. "Can't Get Enough" (Anderson, Codling)
  2. "Situations" (Anderson, Codling)
  3. "Read My Mind" (Anderson)

CD3

  1. "Can't Get Enough" (Anderson, Codling)
  2. "Everything Will Flow" [Rollo's vocal mix] (Anderson, Richard Oakes)
  3. "She's in Fashion" [Lironi version] (Anderson, Codling)

Swedish CD

  1. "Let Go" (Anderson, Codling)
  2. "Can't Get Enough" (Brett Anderson, Neil Codling)
  3. "Since You Went Away" (Anderson)
  4. "Situations" (Anderson, Codling)
  5. "Read My Mind" (Anderson)

Charts
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[5] 31
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] 23
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)[7] 5

References
  1. "Search for: Suede". Finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. "Search for: Suede". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. "Reviews - For Records Released On November 1, 1999". Music Week: 26. 23 October 1999.
  4. "Singles". Select (114): 97. December 1999. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  7. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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