31 years ago (11 May 1992) is the anniversary of Suede’s debut single ‘The Drowners', voted 1992 single of the year by Melody Maker and New Musical Express.
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"Suede are only the most audacious, androgynous, mysterious, sexy, ironic, absurd, perverse, glamorous, hilarious, honest, cocky, melodramatic, mesmerising band you're ever likely to fall in love with. That's why they're up there, out front, seeing off the likes of Carter and The Cure. Suede are a pop group which means that, on May 11, when 'The Drowners', their debut single, is released on the new Nude label, they will be without question, at that particular moment in your life, the best, the most bright and beautiful, in fact the only band on the whole planet that actually matters. In an ideal world, pop groups would be like that. But it's not an ideal world, it's just that Suede are the ideal band for raking through the rubble of our broken dreams." -SUEDE THE BEST NEW BAND IN BRITAIN, Steve Sutherland, Melody Maker, 25 April 1992.
[Verse 1]
Won't someone give me a gun?
Oh, well it's for my brother
Well, he writes the line
Wrote right down my spine
It says, "Oh, do you believe in love there?"
[Chorus]
So slow down
Slow down
You're taking me over
And so we drown
Sir, we drown
Stop taking me over
[Verse 2]
Won't someone give me some fun?
As the skin flies all around us
We kiss in his room to a popular tune
Oh, real drowners
[Chorus]
So slow down
Slow down
You're taking me over
And so we drown
Sir, we drown
Stop taking me over
So slow down
Slow down
You're taking me over
And so we drown
Sir, we drown
Stop taking me over
[Outro]
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
Stop taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over