Not Waving but Drowning Not Drowning, Waving takes their name from the poem. The underground '90s emo-hardcore act I Hate Myself recorded a song with the same name on their album 10 Songs. A track on Julian Cope's 1991 album "Peggy Suicide" was titled "Not Raving but Drowning" after the poem. The poem was also set to music by singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt on his debut album Little with a spoken introduction from a Stevie Smith recording. Singer and songwriter Tanita Tikaram set the poem to music in her song titled "Not Waving but Drowning" which appeared as a b-side to her single "I Might
Not Drowning, Waving 1992. They also worked on the soundtrack for Richard Lowenstein's 1993 film "Say a Little Prayer". By October 1992, Cole had left and the sixth studio album "Circus" was recorded at the Rockfield Studios in Wales. It was produced by Hugh Jones (Simple Minds, Echo & the Bunnymen) for the White Label Records imprint on Mushroom Records. They were the support act for Peter Gabriel on his first tour of Australia in 1994. Early in the year, Bridie and Phillips compiled a selection of their soundtrack work as "Projects 1983–93" which was issued in April. Late in the year, Bridie