Sick and Tired (The Cardigans song)

"Sick and Tired"
Single by The Cardigans
from the album Emmerdale
B-side	"Plain Parade", "Laika", "Pooh Song"
Released	1994
Format	7", cassette single, CD single
Recorded	1994
Length	3:24
Label	Trampolene Records
Writer(s)	Peter Svensson, Magnus Sveningsson
Producer(s)	Tore Johansson
The Cardigans singles chronology
"Rise and Shine" (1994) "Sick and Tired" (1994) "Carnival" (1995)

"Sick and Tired" is a pop song by The Cardigans. It was released in Sweden and Japan in 1994 as the second single from their debut album Emmerdale. It was subsequently featured on the international release of their second album Life and issued as the first single from it in March 1995. A reissue later the same year became the group's first top 40 hit in the UK.

The song addresses the aftermath of a summer love affair which ended badly, leaving the narrator "sick and tired". In the chorus, the narrator addresses her former lover, suggesting that "you can always say you did no major harm", before immediately rejecting such a notion with "oh spare me if you please".

All of the B-sides from both issues of the single were later included on the compilation The Other Side of the Moon. All except the cover of "The Boys Are Back in Town" also appeared on the 2CD edition of Best Of The Cardigans.

Track listing

• Sweden CD single (1994) and international CD single (1995)

1. "Sick & Tired"
2. "Plain Parade"
3. "Laika"
4. "Pooh Song"

• UK CD single (re-issue) (1995)

1. "Sick & Tired"
2. "Pooh Song"
3. "The Boys Are Back in Town"
4. "Carnival (Puck version)"

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	34