Inhaler (Miles Kane song)

"Inhaler"
Single by Miles Kane
from the album Colour of the Trap
B-side
  • "Rainbow Woman"
  • "Hey Bulldog"
Released19 November 2010 (2010-11-19)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length3:06
LabelSony Music Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Sean Bonniwell, Miles Kane
Producer(s)Dan Carey
Miles Kane singles chronology
"Inhaler"
(2010) 		"Come Closer"
(2011)
Music video
"Inhaler" on YouTube

"Inhaler" is the debut solo single by English musician Miles Kane, released on 19 November 2010. It was released as a limited run on 7" vinyl and as a digital download on iTunes. The song was re-released on 8 July 2011. Matt Collar of AllMusic described the song as "bluesy acid garage."[1] Joe Zadeh of Clash commented that the song is "brilliantly executed, explosive indie rock."[2] The song is based on a riff borrowed from "Mother Nature, Father Earth", a song by the 1960s garage rock band the Music Machine.[3]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Inhaler" was uploaded onto YouTube on 9 June 2011 at a total length of three minutes and three seconds.[4]

Covers

Cee Lo Green covered the song on the BBC Live Lounge on 1 October 2011.[5]

Track listing

Digital download #1
No.TitleLength
1."Inhaler" (Miles Kane/Sean Bonniwell)3:06
2."Rainbow Woman" (Lee Hazlewood) (Lee Hazlewood cover)2:46
Digital download #2
No.TitleLength
1."Inhaler"3:03
2."Hey Bulldog" (Live At Manchester Academy)3:14
Mother Nature Father Earth
Sample of "Mother Nature Father Earth", a 1969 song by the psychedelic garage rock band The Music Machine which the riff is borrowed from.
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Charts

The single reached #171 on the UK Singles Chart. It also peaked #10 in the NME Singles Charts on 4 December 2010.[6]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 171

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 19 November 2010[7] Digital download Sony Music Entertainment
8 July 2011[8]

References

  1. ^ Colour of the Trap at AllMusic
  2. ^ Zadeh, Joe (9 May 2011). "Miles Kane - Colour Of The Trap". Clash. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ^ Fisher, Alice (31 October 2010). "Miles Kane: 'It's daunting being on your own'". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. ^ Miles Kane - Inhaler YouTube.
  5. ^ Padgett, Ray (4 October 2011). "Cee Lo Green Covers Miles Kane (Who Covers Emile Sandé)". Cover Me. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. ^ "TOP 40 NME SINGLES ARCHIVE (2010/12/04)". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  7. ^ Inhaler - Single by Miles Kane iTunes
  8. ^ Inhaler - Single by Miles Kane iTunes