Enlighten Me

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“Enlighten Me”

Single by Echo & the Bunnymen
from the album Reverberation

B-side

"Lady Don't Fall Backwards"

Released

October 1990

Format

7-inch, 12-inch, CD

Echo & the Bunnymen singles chronology

New Live and Rare
(1988)

"Enlighten Me"
(1990)

"Prove Me Wrong"
(1991)

"Enlighten Me" is a single by Echo & the Bunnymen which was released in October 1990. It was the first single released by the band following Ian McCulloch's departure and subsequent replacement by Noel Burke as vocalist and it was the only single to be released from their 1990 album Reverberation.

The single only reached number 96 on the UK Singles Chart,^[1] but was a Top 10 hit in the U.S., reaching number 8 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.^[2] The single was released as a 7-inch single, a 12-inch single and a CD single by Korova.

[edit] Track listings

7-inch single (Korova KOW44)

"Enlighten Me"
"Lady Don't Fall Backwards"

12-inch single (Korova KOW44T) and CD single (Korova KOW44CD)

"Enlighten Me"
"Lady Don't Fall Backwards"
"Enlighten Me (12" extended remix)"

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1990)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[1]	96
U.S. Modern Rock Tracks^[2]	8

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Chart Stats - Echo & The Bunnymen - Enlighten Me. Chart Stats. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
^ ^a ^b Echo & the Bunnymen > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.

Villiers Terrace.com - The Ultimate Echo and the Bunnymen Resource. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.

v • d • e Echo & the Bunnymen

Ian McCulloch • Will Sergeant

Former members	Les Pattinson • Pete de Freitas • Noel Burke • Jake Brockman • Damon Reece

Studio albums	Crocodiles • Heaven Up Here • Porcupine • Ocean Rain • Echo & the Bunnymen • Reverberation • Evergreen • What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? • Flowers • Siberia • The Fountain

Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert • Live in Liverpool • Instant Live: Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, 12/5/05 • Instant Live: House of Blues - West Hollywood, CA, 12/6/05 • Instant Live: House of Blues - Anaheim, CA, 12/7/05 • Instant Live: House of Blues - San Diego, CA, 12/9/05 • Me, I'm all Smiles

Compilations	Songs to Learn & Sing • The Cutter • Ballyhoo • Crystal Days: 1979–1999 • Seven Seas • More Songs to Learn and Sing • Killing Moon: The Best of Echo & the Bunnymen • B-sides & Live (2001 – 2005) • The Works

Singles	"The Pictures on My Wall" • "Rescue" • "The Puppet" • "A Promise" • "Over the Wall" • "The Back of Love" • "The Cutter" • "Never Stop" • "The Killing Moon" • "Silver" • "Seven Seas" • "Bring On the Dancing Horses" • "The Game" • "Lips Like Sugar" • "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo" • "People Are Strange" • "Enlighten Me" • "Prove Me Wrong" • "Inside Me, Inside You" • "Nothing Lasts Forever" • "I Want to Be There (When You Come)" • "Don't Let It Get You Down" • "Rust" • "Get in the Car" • "It's Alright" • "Make Me Shine" • "Stormy Weather" • "In the Margins" • "Scissors in the Sand"

EPs	Shine So Hard • The Sound of Echo • Life at Brian's – Lean and Hungry • The Peel Sessions • New Live and Rare • World Tour E.P. • Avalanche

Related articles	Discography • Bill Drummond • Zoo • Korova • Crucial Three • Electrafixion • Glide