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Who sang The Drugs Don't Work?

The Verve released the song The Drugs Don't Work. Date of release: 1997.

Release date: 1997
Duration: 05:5
Producer(s): Youth

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The meaning of the song 'The Drugs Don't Work ', based on the lyrics
What is The Drugs Don’t Work about?
🎶 The Drugs Don’t Work song analysis

- The song is about a person struggling with addiction, and how the drugs they are taking are making it worse.

- The lyrics say that the person knows that they are on a bad path and that they will see their loved one again.

- The chorus repeats the phrase "Now the drugs don't work, they just make you worse" to emphasize this point.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.
The meaning of the song lyrics, in a few words...
The song is about a person who struggles with addiction, and how the drugs she takes make her condition worse, but she keeps taking them because she is on a bad streak.
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The Verve - Short Biography


- The Verve is a British rock band from Wigan, England.

- The band was formed in 1989 by singer Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury.

- The Verve's most commercially successful album was Urban Hymns (1997), which reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and sold over five million copies in Europe.

- The band broke up in 1999, but reformed in 2007.

- In 2008, the band won a Grammy Award for their single "Bitter Sweet Symphony".
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