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So Long Suicide
Medazzaland duran
song by Duran Duran
Released 14 October 1997
Recorded 1995-97
Genre Pop
Length 4:39 minutes
Label Capitol, EMI, Virgin
Writer(s) Rhodes, Le Bon, Cuccurullo
Associate Producer Simon Le Bon
Producer TV Mania
Duran Duran

"So Long Suicide" is a song by Duran Duran, released on the album Medazzaland by Capitol-EMI-Virgin on the 14 October 1997.

About the song[]

Written by Duran Duran, the song was produced by Nick Rhodes and Warren Cuccurullo's TV Mania.

The track has a rock flavour which highlights Warren Cuccurullo guitar playing. It also features strong raucous vocals by Simon Le Bon, in a similar style to "The Wild Boys".

The song was written as a reaction to the death of Kurt Cobain and others, which features John Taylor on bass before he left the band in January 1997.

Song Development[]

Nick Said: "Another one of Simon's lyrics on that album that I loved was "So Long Suicide," which was written for Kurt Cobain. He'd recently passed away at that time, and we were all quite taken aback by that. I think Nirvana really were the first band that had come along for a long time that we all felt, "Well, those songs are proper. They're really, really great pop songs." The lyrics were interesting and the structures were good, and it felt new, for sure.

I wasn't a big grunge fan overall, but I think Nirvana had something incredibly special. So that really hit all of us, I think, when he went. It was a terrible, terrible shame and that was sort of Simon's goodbye note to him." [1]

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Lyrics[]

Rock-a-bye baby
It's time to break
Habits that you've faced
Sweet sorrow while the cherished dead

Blow in my mouth
Every breath I take
Although I need you
I don't want to bleed for you

So long suicide
Goin' right outta sight, outta mind
Leave me alone and abandoned

Hello, I'm alive
I'm lone and alive
And I know in my bones
I know what I'm good for

Hello I'm alive
I'm lone and alive
Yes I know, in my bones
I know what I'm doing

I stole the beauty
And taste the hurt
There's always time for pretty flowers
Growing in the dirt

But time is your needle
Into my heart
And I must be hollow
'Cause I can't follow there

So long suicide
Goin' right outta sight, outta mind
Leave me alone and abandoned

Hello, I'm alive
I'm lone and alive
And I know in my bones
I know what I'm good for

Hello I'm alive
I'm lone and alive
Yes I know, in my bones
I know what I'm doing

I'm scared of being ordinary
But I swear to live like anyone
And you know it's hard to make it
But a light goes on

And after all the crash and swell
We are just human

And after all is said and done
We're only human
You're out of sight and out of mind
I'm saying so long suicide

The half dream shape of yesterday
In bloom tomorrow

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