Sick & Tired (The Cardigans song)

"Sick & Tired" is a pop song by Swedish band The Cardigans. It was released in September 1994 as the third single from their debut album Emmerdale in Sweden and as their first single in Japan. It was subsequently featured on the international release of their second album Life and issued as the first single from it in March 1995. A reissue later the same year became the group's first top-forty hit in the United Kingdom. In February 1996 the song reached number one in Iceland, staying at the summit for four weeks.

"Sick & Tired"
Single by The Cardigans
from the album Emmerdale
B-side"Plain Parade"
  • "Laika"
  • "Pooh Song"
Released1994
Recorded1994
Length3:24
LabelTrampolene
Songwriter(s)Peter Svensson, Magnus Sveningsson
Producer(s)Tore Johansson
The Cardigans singles chronology
"Rise and Shine"
(1994)		 "Sick & Tired"
(1994)		 "Carnival"
(1995)
Music video
"Sick & Tired" on YouTube

The song addresses the aftermath of a summer love affair which ended badly, leaving the narrator "sick and tired". In the chorus, the narrator addresses her former lover, suggesting that "you can always say you did no major harm", before immediately rejecting such a notion with "oh spare me if you please".

All of the B-sides from both issues of the single were later included on the compilation The Other Side of the Moon. All except the cover of "The Boys Are Back in Town" also appeared on the 2CD edition of Best Of The Cardigans.

Critical reception

James Masterton wrote in his weekly UK chart commentary in Dotmusic, "The single is a lovely laid-back oddity which deserves a far bigger chart audience than it is likely to get."[1]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Swedish director Björn Lindgren.[2] It was later published on The Cardigans's official YouTube channel in February 2016. The video has amassed more than 900,000 views as of September 2021.[3]

Track listing

Charts

References
  1. Masterton, James (24 September 1995). "Week Ending September 30th 1995". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. "The Cardigans: Sick & Tired". IMDb. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. "The Cardigans - Sick & Tired". YouTube. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  4. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (10.2. – 16.2. '96)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 10 February 1996. p. 26. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  7. "Árslistinn 1996". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 2 January 1997. p. 25. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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