Londinium (Catatonia song)

"Londinium" is a song recorded by the Welsh band Catatonia, taken from their third studio album, Equally Cursed and Blessed. It was written by Mark Roberts and the band, and produced by TommyD.

"Londinium"
Single by Catatonia
from the album Equally Cursed and Blessed
Released1999
FormatCD
GenreAlternative Rock
LabelBlanco y Negro
Songwriter(s)Paul Jones, Cerys Matthews, Owen Powell, Aled Richards and Mark Roberts
Producer(s)TommyD/Catatonia
Catatonia singles chronology
"Dead from the Waist Down"
(1999)		 "Londinium"
(1999)		 "Karaoke Queen"
(1999)

Recording and release

Londinium was released as the second single from the album Equally Cursed and Blessed against the wishes of the band, who wanted to release "Karaoke Queen" instead. Singer Cerys Matthews was also equally annoyed that the studio had spent more on the video than it had cost to produce the album.[1] She was open about it in interviews, saying as much both to NME and when interviewed by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1.[1][2]

It was released on 12 July 1999, and supported by a string of appearances on television shows such as CD:UK, The Pepsi Chart Show and Top of the Pops.[3] However, it did not pick up a great deal of airplay amid fears that it contained inflammatory lyrics about London,[2] and the line "sushi bars, wet fish, it just sucks the life out of me" was removed for the radio edit. It peaked in the UK charts at number 20.[4]

Charts
Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[4] 20

Notes
  1. Bychawski, Adam (29 June 1999). "Cerys: We Hate 'Londinium'". NME. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. Owens 2000, p. 242.
  3. Owens 2000, p. 243.
  4. "Catatonia". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

References
  • Owens, David (2000). Cerys, Catatonia and the Rise of Welsh Pop. London: Ebury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-0918-7412-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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