Temptation (The Tea Party song)

"Temptation" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party from the album Transmission. It was released as a single in Australia and a promotional single in Canada and the United States. The music video was shot in Toronto.

"Temptation" is a standard three-piece rock song with keyboard accompaniment and an introduction composed of tar (lute) and a sped-up sample of Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks".

The song ranked #5 on CILQ-FM's Top 107 songs of 1997.

Trivia

An instrumental of this song was used in Trailer Park Boys: The Movie.
Also, this song was featured on the soundtrack of the video game Road Rash 3D.
Additionally, this song was a track on the EA Sports NHL 2002 video game soundtrack.
The song is covered by Nevermore and released as bonus song on their album The Obsidian Conspiracy
This song is The Tea Party's only US Chart entry (US Billboard Active Rock Chart #36 ).

Track listing

"Temptation"
"The River (Alhambra Tour)"
"Pulse"

Charts

Chart performance for "Temptation"
Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	57

References

transmission era The Tea Party a visual discography Accessed 18 April 2007 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
"Top 107 of 1997". Archived from the original on 1998-01-19. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
"The Tea Party Chart History | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.

External links

The music video

v t e The Tea Party
Jeff Burrows Stuart Chatwood Jeff Martin
Albums	The Tea Party Splendor Solis The Edges of Twilight Transmission Triptych The Interzone Mantras Seven Circles The Ocean at the End
Live albums	Live at the Enmore Theatre Live from Australia
EPs	Alhambra Tx 20
Compilations	Tangents: The Tea Party Collection
Singles	"The River" "Save Me" "A Certain Slant of Light" "In This Time" "Midsummer Day" "Fire in the Head" "The Bazaar" "Shadows on the Mountainside" "Sister Awake" "Sister Awake Remix" "Temptation" "Babylon" "Release" "Psychopomp" "Gyroscope" "Heaven Coming Down" "The Messenger" "Touch" "These Living Arms" "Gone" "Walking Wounded" "Lullaby" "Angels" "Soulbreaking" "Writing's on the Wall" "Stargazer" "Oceans" "The Ocean at the End"
DVDs	Illuminations Live: Intimate & Interactive
Related articles	Discography Roy Harper
Related bands	The Armada The Art Decay Crash Karma Jeff Martin 777
Related albums and DVDs	Live in Brisbane 2006 Live in Dublin Live at the Enmore Theatre

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