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"Numbskull"
Single by Ash
from the album Nu-Clear Sounds
Released26 April 1999
Recorded1998
GenreGrunge, alternative rock
Length3:09
LabelInfectious
Songwriter(s)Tim Wheeler
Producer(s)Phil McKellar
Ash singles chronology
"Wildsurf"
(1998)
"Numbskull"
(1999)
"Shining Light"
(2001)

"Numbskull" is a single released by Ash on 26 April 1999 as a limited edition, individually numbered single of 5,000 on CD and double 7" vinyl. The song, "Numbskull", appeared as track 7 on the album, Nu-Clear Sounds (5 October 1998), and also as the final track on Intergalactic Sonic 7″s (9 September 2002).

The controversial video for the single was directed by Darran Tiernan and featured self-mutilation, sex, drugs and Wheeler naked.

Track listing

All songs by Tim Wheeler unless otherwise noted.

CD

  1. "Numbskull"
  2. "Blew" (Kurt Cobain)
  3. "Who You Drivin' Now" (Mudhoney)
  4. "Jesus Says (Live)" – (21 September 1998) (Wheeler/Mark Hamilton)
  5. "Girl From Mars (Live)" – (31 July 1995)
  6. "Fortune Teller (Live)" (Wheeler/Hamilton)

7"

  1. "Numbskull"
  2. "Blew" (Kurt Cobain)
  3. "Who You Drivin' Now" (Mudhoney)
  4. "Jesus Says" (live) (Wheeler/Hamilton)