A Small Victory (song)

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“A Small Victory”
“A Small Victory” cover
Single by Faith No More
from the album Angel Dust
Released August 3, 1992 (1992-08-03)
Format CD single,
Cassette,
Vinyl
Recorded Coast Recorders in Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, California 1991
Genre Alternative Metal
Length 4:57
Label Slash Records
Writer(s) Music:

Mike Bordin
Roddy Bottum
Billy Gould
Mike Patton

Lyrics:

Mike Patton
Producer Matt Wallace
Faith No More singles chronology
"Midlife Crisis"
(1992)		 "A Small Victory"
(1992)		 "Everything's Ruined"
(1992)
Angel Dust track listing
  1. "Land of Sunshine"
  2. "Caffeine"
  3. "Midlife Crisis"
  4. "RV"
  5. "Smaller and Smaller"
  6. "Everything's Ruined"
  7. "Malpractice"
  8. "Kindergarten"
  9. "Be Aggressive"
  10. "A Small Victory"
  11. "Crack Hitler"
  12. "Jizzlobber"
  13. "Midnight Cowboy"
  14. "Easy"
  15. "As the Worm Turns"
Remix Cover
Released: September 1, 1992
Released: September 1, 1992

"A Small Victory" is a song from Faith No More's fourth studio album Angel Dust. It was released as a single on August 3, 1992 in Europe and 16 days later, on August 19, 1992, in Japan. It was later remixed by Youth of Killing Joke and released on September 1, 1992 in Europe and almost two months later, on October 29, 1992, in the USA. It was their last single to chart in the Billboard Modern Rock charts, peaking at #11,[1] and one of their lowest charting singles in Australia, only making it to #84 on the ARIA Charts.[2]

When asked about the song's meaning, Mike Patton said:

“ It's kind of about, well my dad was a coach, so I grew up and I always wanted to win. And well, I found out that I just can't win every game… darn it. „

—Mike Patton[3]

Contents

[edit] Music video

On September 2 1993 the music video was nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Art Direction, but lost to Madonna's song "Rain" off her album Erotica.[4]

[edit] Track list

[edit] Standard track list

  1. "A Small Victory" (Edit) – 4:23
  2. "A Small Victory" – 4:58
  3. "Let's Lynch The Landlord" – 2:58
  4. "Malpractice" – 4:03

[edit] Remix track list

  1. "A Small Victory (R-evolution 23 (Full Moon) Mix)" (Edit) – 3:53
  2. "A Small Victory (R-evolution 23 (Full Moon) Mix)" – 7:22
  3. "A Small Victory (Sundown Mix)" – 5:27
  4. "A Small Victory (Sundown Instrumental Mix)" – 6:00

[edit] Audio sample

"A Small Victory" (1992)

30 second sample from Faith No More's "A Small Victory"
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[edit] Charts

Chart Peak
Flag of the United States Modern Rock[1] 11
Flag of the United Kingdom UK Singles[5] 29
Flag of Australia AUS Singles[2] 84

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Billboard.com chart history for Faith No More
  2. ^ a b australian-charts.com Australian charts page for Faith No More
  3. ^ fnm.com, FAQ page q30
  4. ^ rockonthenet.com, page on the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, retrieved on January 6, 2008
  5. ^ everyhit.co.uk, an archive containing all UK top 40 charts
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