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1995 single by Skunk Anansie
"Selling Jesus"
Single by Skunk Anansie
from the album Paranoid & Sunburnt
B-side
"Through Rage"
"You Want It All"
"Skunk Song"
Released
13 March 1995 (1995-03-13)[1]
Genre
Punk rock
Length
3:50
Label
One Little Indian (UK)
Songwriter(s)
Skin, Len Arran
Producer(s)
Sylvia Massy. Skunk Anansie
Skunk Anansie singles chronology
"Little Baby Swastikkka" (1995)
"Selling Jesus" (1995)
"I Can Dream" (1995)
"Selling Jesus" is a song by Skunk Anansie, released as their debut single. Although Skunk Anansie previously released "Little Baby Swastikkka" as a limited release, it was not regarded as an actual single. "Selling Jesus" is a song in protest of religion and politics, and in particular Christianity. The single is taken from their debut album, Paranoid & Sunburnt, and reached number 46 on the UK Singles Chart. Three added B-sides were included on the CD release, with track 4 'Skunk Song' being written by Ace, R. France, C. Lewis and Skin. The title song was also included on the soundtrack to the motion picture Strange Days.
^"New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 11 March 1995. p. 33.
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