Your New Cuckoo

"Your New Cuckoo" is a song from The Cardigans' third studio album, First Band on the Moon. Released in August 1997, the song reached number 35 on the UK Singles Chart the same month.

"Your New Cuckoo"
Single by The Cardigans
from the album First Band on the Moon
B-side	"Country Hell"
Released	August 1997
Recorded	1996
Length	4:05
Label	Stockholm Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Peter Svensson Nina Persson
Producer(s)	Tore Johansson
The Cardigans singles chronology
"Been It" (1996) "Your New Cuckoo" (1997) "My Favourite Game" (1998)
Alternate cover
CD2

Formats and track listings

"Your New Cuckoo", "Lovefool", "Losers", "Been It" and "Hey! Get Out of My Way" written by Nina Persson and Peter Svensson; "Country Hell", "I Figured Out", "After All", "Rise and Shine" and "Sick and Tired" written by Magnus Sveningsson and Svensson; "Carnival" written by Persson, Sveningsson and Svensson.

• EU CD single (Stockholm: 571 484–2 or 573 438–2)

1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Radio Edit) – 3:30
2. "Country Hell" – 2:47

• Australian CD single / EU maxi-single 1 (Stockholm: 571 485–2)

1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Radio Edit) – 3:30
2. "Your New Cuckoo" (Ian Pooley's Hyper Disco Mix) – 9:29
3. "Your New Cuckoo" (Pooley's Super Stereo Mix) – 3:54
4. "Country Hell" – 2:47

• EU maxi-single 2 (Stockholm: 573 439–2)

1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Radio Edit) – 3:30
2. "Country Hell" – 2:47
3. "I Figured Out" (Demo '93) – 2:04
4. "After All" (Demo '93) – 2:36

• Swedish 12" vinyl (Stockholm: 571 661–1)

1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Hyper Disco Mix) – 9:29
2. "Your New Cuckoo" (Super Stereo Mix) – 3:54
3. "Your New Cuckoo" (Radio Edit) – 3:30

• UK CD1 (Trampolene/Stockholm/Polydor: 571 661–2)

1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Radio Edit) – 3:30
2. "Your New Cuckoo" (Hyper Disco Mix) – 9:29
3. "Your New Cuckoo" (Super Stereo Mix) – 3:54

• UK CD2 (Trampolene/Stockholm/Polydor: 571 663–2)

1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Radio Edit) – 3:30
2. "I Figured Out" (Demo '93) – 2:04
3. "After All" (Demo '93) – 2:36
4. "Lovefool" (Radio Edit) – 3:17

• Japanese promo CD (Polydor: POCP–7189)

1. "Your New Cuckoo" – 3:32
2. "Losers" (First Try) – 3:15
3. "Been It" (Radio Edit) – 3:40

• Japanese 7" vinyl (Stockholm: POKP–9001)

1. "Your New Cuckoo"
2. "Carnival"
3. "Rise and Shine"
4. "Hey! Get Out of My Way"
5. "Sick & Tired"

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of First Band on the Moon.[1]

Musicians

• Nina Persson – lead vocals
• Peter Svensson – guitar
• Magnus Sveningsson – bass
• Lars-Olof Johansson – keyboards
• Bengt Lagerberg – drums and percussion

Additional musicians and technical personnel

• Åsa Håkansson – violin
• Maria Holm – violin
• Tore Johansson – engineering and production
• Roger Jonsson – mastering
• Lynette Koyana – backing vocals
• Mattias Svensson – violin
• David Wilczewski – flute
• Inga Zeppezauer – violin

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Scotland (OCC)[2]	30
UK Singles (OCC)[3]	35

References

1. First Band on the Moon (CD liner notes). The Cardigans. Stockholm Records. 1996. 533 117–2.CS1 maint: others (link)
2. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
3. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

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