Temptation (The Tea Party song)

"Temptation" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party from the album Transmission. It was released as a single in Australia and a promotional single in Canada and the United States.[1] The music video was shot in Toronto.

"Temptation"
Commercial CD Single, Australia
Single by The Tea Party
from the album Transmission
A-side"Temptation", "Pulse"
B-side"The River (Alhambra Tour)"
ReleasedJuly 1997
RecordedAlkemical Studios (Montreal), Studio Morin Heights (Morin Heights)
GenreIndustrial rock
Length2:55
LabelEMI Music Canada
Songwriter(s)The Tea Party
Producer(s)Jeff Martin
The Tea Party singles chronology
"Sister Awake Remix"
(1996)
"Temptation"
(1997)
"Babylon"
(1997)

"Temptation" is a standard three-piece rock song with keyboard accompaniment and an introduction composed of tar (lute) and a sped-up sample of Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks".

The song ranked #5 on CILQ-FM's Top 107 songs of 1997.[2]

Trivia

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Track listing

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  1. "Temptation"
  2. "The River (Alhambra Tour)"
  3. "Pulse"

Charts

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Chart performance for "Temptation"
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 57

References

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  1. ^ transmission era The Tea Party a visual discography Accessed 18 April 2007 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Top 107 of 1997". Archived from the original on 1998-01-19. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Tea Party Chart History | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.
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