"Moving to Blackwater" is the sixth single by Surrey-based rock band Reuben, and the third single taken from their debut album, Racecar Is Racecar Backwards.[1][2] It was released in August 2004, and was also the first single that Reuben had ever released in the wake of an album. Opinion was divided as to whether or not it was the right choice to follow "Freddy Kreuger". It received only a small number of plays on radioactive the time and even fewer showings on TV. In spite of this, the single still managed to reach #59 in the UK singles chart, only six places down from its predecessor. It was released on CD and 7" vinyl format, with a special alternative B-side on the vinyl copies.

"Moving to Blackwater"
Single by Reuben
from the album Racecar is Racecar Backwards
Released16 August 2004
GenreRock, metal
LabelXtra Mile
Songwriter(s)Jamie Lenman
Jon Pearce
Guy Davis
Reuben singles chronology
"Freddy Kreuger"
(2004)
"Moving to Blackwater"
(2004)
"Blamethrower"
(2005)

Track listings

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  1. "Moving To Blackwater"
  2. "Ways Of Staying Pure"
  3. "Miffy in Auschwitz" (live at the BBC)

7" Vinyl

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  1. "Moving To Blackwater"
  2. "Enemy"

Personnel

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  • Jamie Lenman – Guitars, vocals, piano
  • Jon Pearce – Bass, vocals
  • Guy Davis – Drums
  • Jason Wilson (Stakeout Studios) – engineering, mixing and producing, track 1
  • Steven Down – recording, mixing and producing, track 2
  • Mitty (last name unknown) – engineering, track 3 at BBC Maida Vale Studios for Steve Lamacq's Radio One Evening Session

References

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  1. ^ Betts, Graham (2006). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2006. Collins. p. 690. ISBN 978-0-00-720077-1.
  2. ^ "REUBEN RELEASE 10TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION OF 'RACECAR IS RACECAR BACKWARDS'..." musomuso.com. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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