Eleven EP – Six

Release date

February 1, 1999

Label

Parlophone

Recorded

1998

Length

8:08

“Six” is a song by Mansun. The song was written by band-leader Paul Draper. It was recorded and produced by Paul Draper and Mark ‘Spike’ Stent with additional production by Mike Hunter during sessions for the group’s second studio album.

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About Eleven EP – Six

The song was re-recorded with New York producer Arthur Baker in a simpler arrangement produced and mixed by Baker and released as the fourth and final single in early 1999 from the group’s second album, Six. The Baker version charted better than its predecessor in the typically quiet post-Christmas singles market returning the group to the top twenty in the UK peaking at #16. The single version of “Six” has none of the experimental rock sound that is representative of the parent album as a whole. In the US, Baker’s single version appears in place of the album version on Epic Records’ truncated version of Six.

The music video for “Six” was directed by Grant Gee.