Motorcycle Emptiness

"Motorcycle Emptiness"
Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album Generation Terrorists
Released	1 June 1992 (1992-06-01)
Recorded	Late 1991
Genre	Alternative rock[1] soft rock[2][3] glam metal[4]
Length	6:09 (album version) 5:06 (edit) 3:35 (short edit)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore, Richey Edwards
Producer(s)	Steve Brown
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
"Slash 'n' Burn" (1992) "Motorcycle Emptiness" (1992) "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" (1992)
Music video
"Motorcycle Emptiness" on YouTube

"Motorcycle Emptiness" is a 1992 song by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers and is the fifth single from their debut studio album Generation Terrorists. It went to number 17 in the United Kingdom, number 24 in the Netherlands and number 35 in New Zealand and Belgium. The music video was filmed in Japan.

Track listings

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Motorcycle Emptiness"	5:06
2.	"Bored Out of My Mind"	2:57
3.	"Crucifix Kiss" (live)	3:10
4.	"Under My Wheels" (live)	3:01

12-inch picture disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Motorcycle Emptiness"
2.	"Bored Out of My Mind"
3.	"Under My Wheels" (live)

7-inch and cassette
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Motorcycle Emptiness"
2.	"Bored Out of My Mind"

2003 reissue CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Motorcycle Emptiness"	6:02
2.	"Forever Delayed"	3:38
3.	"Little Baby Nothing" (acoustic)	4:54

References

1. Butler, Will. "Photos: Manic Street Preachers setting Latitude ablaze". Gigwise.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. Scott, Paul (20 September 2006). "Manic Street Preachers: Condemned to Rock 'n Roll". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
3. Burrows, Marc (25 October 2012). "Old music: Manic Street Preachers – Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
4. Shepard, Sam (29 October 2011). "Manic Street Preachers – National Treasures". musicOMH. Retrieved 13 March 2016.