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Charlotte Anne

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"Charlotte Anne"
Single by Julian Cope
from the album My Nation Underground
B-side
  • "Books"
  • "A Question of Temperature"
  • "Christmas Mourning"
Released19 September 1988
Recorded1988
GenreAlternative rock[1]
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Julian Cope
Producer(s)Ron Fair
Julian Cope singles chronology
"Eve's Volcano (Covered in Sin)"
(1987)
"Charlotte Anne"
(1988)
"5 O'Clock World"
(1988)

"Charlotte Anne" is a song by English singer Julian Cope released as the first single from his album My Nation Underground in 1988. The song was Cope's only chart-topping single on any U.S. chart, reaching number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States for one week in early 1989.[2]

It was released on 7", CD, 12" and 12" picture disc formats.

Track listing

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12" (12IS380), 12" picture disc (12ISP380) and CD (CIDP380) ISLAND IS380

  1. "Charlotte Anne" (Cope)
  2. "Books" (McCulloch/Cope)
  3. "A Question of Temperature" (Schung/Hanny/Appel)
  4. "Christmas Mourning" (Cope)

7" single IS380

  1. "Charlotte Anne"
  2. "Christmas Mourning"

Charts

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 35
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[4] 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (9 August 2023). "The Alternative Number Ones: Julian Cope's "Charlotte Anne". Stereogum. Retrieved 22 December 2024. Instead, ["Charlotte Anne"] sounds like a really great late-'80s British alt-rock song.(Subscription required.)
  2. ^ "Alternative Rock Songs". Biilboard.com. 21 January 1989.
  3. ^ "Julian Cope: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Julian Cope Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.