Sanctify Yourself
"Sanctify Yourself" is a song released by Scottish rock band Simple Minds as the second single from their seventh studio album Once Upon a Time in January 1986. The song reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart and number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
| "Sanctify Yourself" | ||||
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| Single by Simple Minds | ||||
| from the album Once Upon a Time | ||||
| A-side | "Sanctify Yourself" | |||
| B-side | "Sanctify Yourself" (Instrumental) | |||
| Released | January 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | New wave, synthrock, dance-rock | |||
| Length | 5:00 (album version) 3:55 (single edit) 7:10 (Extended Mix) 6:10 (Dub version) | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Mick MacNeil | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Iovine, Bob Clearmountain | |||
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Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] | 46 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] | 17 |
| Germany[3] | 38 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[4] | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| New Zealand | 22 |
| Sweden | 16 |
| UK Singles Chart | 10 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 14 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[6] | 10 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1986) | Rank |
|---|---|
| U.S. Cash Box [7] | 94 |
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gollark: So the watermark... only works in certain situations anyway.
gollark: I think this is one of those belief in belief things. Anyway, people can cheat and *not* record it, no?
gollark: The laws of physics/logic/etc do not forbid changing religion. You can also do the popular thing of "keeping" it but ignoring inconvenient bits.
gollark: Did you know? You are now breathing manually. That's what a thing like this would normally say, except that was actually just a distraction constructed to give some time for the cognitohazards to enter your brain. Enjoy!
References
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, Sydney: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
- "Top Singles - Volume 43, No. 25". RPM. 15 March 1986. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- https://tsort.info/music/89mct6.htm
- "The Irish Charts - IRMA". IRMA. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- "Simple Minds – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending March 22, 1986". Cash Box Magazine. 22 March 1986. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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