Coax Me

"Coax Me"
Single by Sloan
from the album Twice Removed
Released1994
GenreIndie rock
Length3:26
LabelGeffen Records, murderecords
Songwriter(s)Chris Murphy, Sloan
Sloan singles chronology
"I Am the Cancer"
(1993) 		"Coax Me"
(1994) 		"Penpals"
(1994)
Music video
"Coax Me" on YouTube

"Coax Me" is a song by Canadian rock band Sloan. It was released as the lead single of their second album Twice Removed. The song peaked at #30 on the Canadian RPM Singles Chart, spending 12 weeks in the top 100.[1][2] It was also featured on Sloan's compilation album, A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005.

Content

Chris Murphy has stated that "Coax Me" is "an allegory type song about the difference between being on a major label and playing just for yourself".[3]

The song references the industrial band Consolidated in its lyrics, later stating 'It's not the band I hate / it's their fans'. Murphy clarified this line was not in reference to fans Consolidated but rather, fans of Kate Bush. Sloan co-vocalist Jay Ferguson contributed the line after encountering several classmates who were overzealous in their Kate Bush fandom.[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 30

References

  1. ^ Top Singles - Volume 60, No. 12, October 10 1994 Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, RPM. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  2. ^ Top Singles - Volume 60, No. 16, November 07 1994 Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, RPM. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  3. ^ "Sloan" (PDF). p. 17. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1389: Chris Murphy and Steven Page". 2023-12-11.


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