"Faît Accompli" | ||||
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Single by Curve | ||||
from the album Doppelgänger | ||||
B-side | "Arms Out", "Sigh" | |||
Released | 24 February 1992 | |||
Format | 12", CD, MC | |||
Recorded | England | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, shoegazing | |||
Length |
4:10 (only the A-side) 12:44 (the whole single) |
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Label |
Anxious Records (UK) Anxious/BMG (Europe) Anxious/BMG Arista (AUS) |
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Songwriter(s) | Dean Garcia, Toni Halliday | |||
Producer(s) | Curve, Flood | |||
Curve singles chronology | ||||
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"Faît Accompli" is the first single from the album Doppelgänger by alternative rock band Curve. It was released on 24 February 1992; it reached #22 in the UK singles chart, becoming their highest charting single in the UK. It was one of the first singles in the UK to reach the Top 40 without a release on 7" vinyl. "Faît Accompli" (extended extended extended) was included in the compilation Pubic Fruit, issued in 1992.
"Faît Accompli" was selected as Single of the Week by Melody Maker.
The video for "Faît Accompli" features the official and the touring members of the band performing this song in a room. It was filmed in black and white.