Ice Cream

written by: Sarah McLachlan

Lyrics

Your love
Is better than ice cream
Better than anything else that I’ve tried
And your love
Is better than ice cream
Everyone here know how to fight

And it’s a long way down
It’s a long way down
It’s a long way
Down to the place where we started from

Your love is better than chocolate
Better than anything else that I’ve tried
And oh love is better than chocolate
Everyone here knows how to cry

And it’s a long way down
It’s a long way down
It’s a long way
Down to the place where we started from

 

Appears on

Versions

Album Version
from “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”
Track length: 2:44

In-Studio Version
from “The Freedom Sessions”
Track length: 2:36

Live: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live
from “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live DVD”
Track length: ???

Live: Mirrorball
from “Mirrorball”
Track length: 3:03

Live: Mirrorball The Complete Concert
from “Mirrorball: The Complete Concert”
Track length: 4:38

Live: Afterglow Live
from “Afterglow Live DVD”
Track length: ???

Live: Lilith Fair, Charlotte NC 31 July 1997
from “Murmurs 3″
Track length: 3:07

Live: GM Place, Vancouver BC 10 October 2002
from “Murmurs 8”
Track length: ???

 

Compilations

Album Name
The Best Of Modern Rock Live: Independence Day Special
Track length
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Version
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Credits

Vocals, Acoustic Guitars: Sarah McLachlan
Fake B3, Percussion Machine, Bass: Pierre Marchand
Sax: Michel Dubeau
Drums, Percussion: Ash Sood

 

Collaborations

 

Trivia/Notes

 

Sarah says

“The fear of commitment inspired the song.”
– online chat hosted by AOL on 25 June 1997

“I was comparing it to the best, of course,” McLachlan says with a chuckle. “Dark Belgian chocolates.” “I was making comparisons to something that’s incredibly fantastic,” McLachlan says. “Chocolate was up there. Ice Cream is more the idea of ice cubes from (the movie) 9 1/2 Weeks. But `ice cube’ doesn’t sound as nice as `ice cream’, so I took a little poetic license.”
– Indianapolis Star

 

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