Temptation (The Tea Party song)
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| "Temptation" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Commercial CD Single, Australia | ||||
| Single by The Tea Party | ||||
| from the album Transmission | ||||
| A-side | "Temptation", "Pulse" | |||
| B-side | "The River (Alhambra Tour)" | |||
| Released | July 1997 | |||
| Recorded | Alkemical Studios (Montreal), Studio Morin Heights (Morin Heights) | |||
| Genre | Industrial rock | |||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
| Label | EMI Music Canada | |||
| Songwriter(s) | The Tea Party | |||
| Producer(s) | Jeff Martin | |||
| The Tea Party singles chronology | ||||
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"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" 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[edit]
- An instrumental of this song was used in Trailer Park Boys: The Movie.
- Also, this song was featured on the soundtrack of the video game Road Rash 3D.
- Additionally, this song was a track on the EA Sports NHL 2002 video game soundtrack.
- The song is covered by Nevermore and released as bonus song on their album The Obsidian Conspiracy
- This song is The Tea Party's only US Chart entry (US Billboard Active Rock Chart #36 [3]).
Track listing[edit]
- "Temptation"
- "The River (Alhambra Tour)"
- "Pulse"
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[4] | 57 |
References[edit]
- ^ transmission era The Tea Party a visual discography Accessed 18 April 2007 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Top 107 of 1997". Archived from the original on 1998-01-19. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ "The Tea Party Chart History | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.
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