"Black Nite Crash" is a single by English shoegazing band Ride, from their album Tarantula. It reached number 67 on the UK Singles Chart on 24 February 1996.[2] The single was released shortly before the band's break up, and was awarded single of the week by the weekly music magazine Melody Maker.

"Black Nite Crash"
Single by Ride
from the album Tarantula
B-side
  • "Nothing Lasts Forever"
  • "Slave"
  • "A Trip Down Ronnie Lane"
Released12 February 1996
RecordedLondon 1995
Length2:34
LabelCreation
Songwriter(s)
Ride singles chronology
"I Don't Know Where It Comes From"
(1994)
"Black Nite Crash"
(1996)
"Charm Assault"
(2017)

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Andy Bell except where noted

12-inch (CRE 199T)
No.TitleLength
1."Black Nite Crash"2:34
2."Nothing Lasts Forever"3:31
3."Slave" (Mark Gardener)3:50
4."A Trip Down Ronnie Lane"3:37
CD (CRESCD 199)
No.TitleLength
1."Black Nite Crash"2:34
2."Nothing Lasts Forever"3:31
3."Slave" (Mark Gardener)3:50
4."A Trip Down Ronnie Lane"3:37
  • 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"

Personnel

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Ride

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

  • negativespace – design
  • Paul Motion – engineering
  • Richard "Digby" Smith – producer
  • Mark Freegard – mixing

References

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  1. ^ "ASCAP Songview repertory entry for this song". Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ride - Black Nite Crash". Official Charts Company. 1996-02-24. Retrieved 2012-01-16.