"Begging You" was the third single from Second Coming. This was also the final single released by The Stone Roses before their break-up a year later. "Begging You" was released in the UK and Australia. The classic line-up at the time of Spike Island The Stone Roses were one of the most influential bands to come out of Britain during the late 1980s and early 90s. ... Second Coming was an album released on December 5, 1994 in the UK and early 1995 in the US by The Stone Roses. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CD may stand for: Canadian Forces Decoration cash dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrums demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) certificate of deposit České dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datenforung (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s Panhard race car designed... For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). ... 33⅓ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Madchester refers to a period during the late 1980s and early 1990s when Manchester was the focus for a lot of the new musical talent hitting the UK indie music scene. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Geffen Records was founded by David Geffen in 1975 (after having founded Asylum in the 1970s). ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Second Coming was an album released on December 5, 1994 in the UK and early 1995 in the US by The Stone Roses. ... The classic line-up at the time of Spike Island The Stone Roses were one of the most influential bands to come out of Britain during the late 1980s and early 90s. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ...

"Begging You" was a loud cacophonous track with heavy drum beats, soaring guitars, pulsing bass and apocalyptic lyrics. John Squire said that the song was loosely based on material from Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet. The song also contains many references to Aesop's Fables. For other uses, see Apocalypse (disambiguation). ... For British historian of that name from 1882–1958, see Sir John Squire John Squire in 2003 John Squire (born November 24, 1962) is a solo British rock musician, guitarist and artist. ... See The Public Enemy for the 1931 movie and Public Enemy (documentary) for the 1999 Black Panthers documentary film. ... Fear of a Black Planet is an East Coast rap album by the hip hop crew Public Enemy, released on March 20, 1990 (see 1990 in music). ... Aesops Fables or Aesopica is a blanket term for collections of brief animal fables, each of which conveys a moral. ...

Cover Artwork

John Squire designed the "Begging You" cover with the insides of floppy disks. The disks were supposedly used to teach Squire how to use samplers and sequencers for the track. Squire found the process too complicated and decided to smash the disks to use them for a piece of art instead. A floppy disk is a data storage device that comprises a circular piece of thin, flexible (hence floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic wallet. ... An AKAI MPC2000 sampler A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that can record and store audio signal samples, generally recordings of existing sounds, and play them back at a range of pitches. ... In the field of electronic music, a sequencer was originally any device that recorded and played back a sequence of control information for an electronic musical instrument. ...

Squire took the insides of the disks and set them in plaster. He arranged them in a grid motif and painted the piece with colours "borrowed" from a Edgar Degas painting. The original piece was displayed at Squire's 2004 art exhibitions and can be viewed here (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/elephantstoned/sqrgn/imagepages/47.html). This article is about the building material. ... Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917) was a Faggot buttlicker and ballsucker. ...

Music Video

The music video for "Begging You" featured strippers wearing masks of The Stone Roses. There were also scenes of the band playing a gig and traditional dances from various cultures. The hodgepodge of imagery was due to excessive creative freedom given by their record boss, David Geffen. David Geffen (born February 21, 1943 in New York City, New York) is an American record executive, film and theatrical producer, and philanthropist. ...

Track Listing

12": [Geffen GEFST 22060]

1. "Begging You (album version)" (4:52)
2. "Begging You (chic mix)" (5:32)
3. "Begging You (cox's ultimatum mix)" (6:33)
4. "Begging You (stone corporation vox)" (6:24)

CS: [Geffen GFSC 22060]

1. "Begging You (album version)" (4:52)
2. "Begging You (chic mix)" (5:32)

CD: [Geffen GEFST 22060]

1. "Begging You (album version)" (4:52)
2. "Begging You (lakota mix)" (7:48)
3. "Begging You (stone corporation vox)" (6:24)
4. "Begging You (chic mix)" (5:32)
5. "Begging You (young american primitve remix)" (5:25)

CD: [Geffen Australia GEFDM 22061 "Australian Tour Edition"]

1. "Begging You (album version)" (4:52)
2. "Begging You (lakota mix)" (7:48)
3. "Begging You (stone corporation vox)" (6:24)
4. "Begging You (young american primitve remix)" (5:25)
5. "Begging You (radio edit version)" (3:48)