Novocaine for the Soul

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“Novocaine for the Soul”
“Novocaine for the Soul” cover
Single by Eels
from the album Beautiful Freak
Released 3 February 1997 (UK)
Format CD / 7"
Genre Rock
Length 3:08
Label DreamWorks
Eels singles chronology
"Novocaine for the Soul"
(1997)		 "Susan's House"
(1997)

"Novocaine for the Soul" is the first single released by American rock band, Eels. The track comes from their 1996 debut album, Beautiful Freak. "Novocaine for the Soul" was the first song that gave Eels international success, most notably in the UK, where it hit #10 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1997 and also reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks in late 1996.

The song samples Fats Domino's 1961 US Top 20 single "Let the Four Winds Blow".

The song's popularity was also aided by its later (and rather frequent) use in the British television show Trigger Happy TV.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Novocaine for the Soul"
  2. "Guest List"
  3. "My Beloved Monster" (Live from Tennessee)
  4. "Fucker"

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Preceded by
"Down" by 311		 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
October 12, 1996 - October 19, 1996		 Succeeded by
"What I Got" by Sublime
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