First Band on the Moon

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First Band on the Moon is the third studio album by The Cardigans. It features the international hit-single "Lovefool". It was first released on August 12 1996 and later internationally on September 9 1996.

Track listing

1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Nina Persson, Peter Svensson) - 3:57
2. "Been It" (Persson, Svensson) - 4:06
3. "Heartbreaker" (Persson, Svensson) - 3:42
4. "Happy Meal II" (Lynette Koyana, Persson, Magnus Sveningsson, Svensson) - 2:37
5. "Never Recover "(Sveningsson, Svensson) - 3:21
6. "Step on Me" (Sveningsson, Svensson) - 3:48
7. "Lovefool" (Persson, Svensson) - 3:21
8. "Losers" (Persson, Svensson) - 3:06
9. "Iron Man" (Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward) - 4:20
10. * originally recorded by Black Sabbath.
11. "Great Divide" (Sveningsson, Svensson) - 3:17
12. "Choke" (Sveningsson, Svensson) - 3:26

• The first Japanese edition features the bonus track "Country Hell" (Svensson).
• The second Japanese edition has a different cover and features the bonus tracks "Country Hell" (Svensson) and "Blah Blah Blah" (Svensson).
• The French edition features the bonus track "Sick & Tired" (Svensson, Sveningsson) which was originally released on the band's first album Emmerdale.

Charts, awards and certifications

Cover artwork of the album's second Japanese edition

Album

• Billboard Heatseekers: #3
• Billboard Top 200 Albums: #35
• UK Top 200 Albums: #18 with 41 weeks in the Top 200
• Swedish Top 100 Albums: #2
• Swedish Top 100 Albums 1996 Year-end Chart: #60
• Swedish Grammis Awards 1996: Best Pop/Rock Group of the Year and Swedish Government's Music Export Award.
• Certified Gold in Sweden and the UK
• Certified Platinum in the U.S. and Japan
• Certified 2.5 million albums sold worldwide

Singles

• U.S. Radio Airplay: "Lovefool"; #1
• UK Radio Airplay: "Lovefool"; #1
• Billboard Adult Top 40: "Lovefool"; #2
• Billboard Modern Rock Tracks: "Lovefool"; #9
• Billboard Top 40 Mainstream: "Lovefool"; #1
• Billboard Adult Contemporary: "Lovefool"; #23
• Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play: "Lovefool"; #5
• Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxisingle Sales: "Lovefool; #24
• Billboard Rhythmic Top 40: "Lovefool"; #18
• Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents: "Lovefool" #1
• UK Top 75 Singles: "Lovefool"; #21, "Been It"; #56, "Lovefool" (Re-issue); #2, "Your New Cuckoo"; #35
• ARIA Top 100 Singles 1997 Year-End Chart: "Lovefool"; #52
• Swedish Top 100 Singles 1996 Year-end Chart: "Lovefool"; #60

External links

• [The Cardigans' Complete Discography @ Marvelhill]
• [IFPI Sweden]

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