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{{Infobox song
| name       = The International Language of Screaming
| cover      = InternationalLanguageOfScreaming-SFA.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Super Furry Animals]]
| album      = [[Radiator (album)|Radiator]]
| released   = 14 July 1997
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = <!--Do not add unsourced genres -->
| length     = 2:12
| label      = [[Creation Records]]
| writer     = Super Furry Animals
| producer   = [[Gorwel Owen]], Super Furry Animals
| prev_title = [[Hermann Loves Pauline|Hermann ♥'s Pauline]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[Play It Cool (Super Furry Animals song)|Play It Cool]]
| next_year  = 1997
}}
"'''The International Language of Screaming'''" is the second single from [[Super Furry Animals]]' album ''[[Radiator (album)|Radiator]]''. It reached #24 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] on its release in July 1997.<ref name=Guinness>{{cite book|title=British Hit Singles|editor-first=David|editor-last=Roberts|edition=16th|year=2003|publisher=Guinness World Records Ltd|isbn=0-85112-190-X|page=452}}</ref>
==Release and critical reception==
"The International Language of Screaming" was released on [[Compact Disc single|CD]], [[Cassette single|cassette]] and [[Gramophone record|7"]] on 14 July 1997 and reached number 24 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name=Guinness /> The cover art is the second in a series of five [[Pete Fowler]] paintings commissioned by the band for ''Radiator'' and its singles. Fowler's art was inspired by "The International Language of Screaming" and features "refugees from ''[[Star Trek]]''" according to ''[[Record Collector]]''.<ref name=RecordCollector>{{Citation|last=Kane|first=Jack|title=Super Furry Animals|journal=[[Record Collector]]|publisher=Diamond Publishing|volume=238|pages=46–51|date=June 1999}}</ref> The packaging of the single features the [[Welsh language]] quote "Teg edrych tuag adref", which roughly translates into English as "Home sweet home".<ref name=Linernotes>{{cite AV media notes|title=The International Language of Screaming|title-link=The International Language of Screaming|others=[[Super Furry Animals]]|year=1997|page=[Inside cover]|type=CD single|publisher=[[Creation Records]]}}</ref> The track was included on the band's 'greatest hits' compilation album ''[[Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1]]'', issued in 2004.<ref name=SingleVol1>{{cite AV media notes|title=Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1|title-link=Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 |others=[[Super Furry Animals]]|year=2004|at=back cover|type=CD|publisher=[[Epic Records]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]}}</ref>
"The International Language of Screaming" received a generally positive response from critics. Reviewing the track on its release as a single, the ''[[NME]]'' called it a "spindly burst of brevity" and suggested that it was inspired by the music of the band [[Soft Machine]]. The magazine went on to state, however, that the track is not as focused as "[[The Man Don't Give a Fuck]]" or as "quirkily charming" as "[[Hermann Loves Pauline|Hermann ♥'s Pauline]]" and that its "sonic doodling" may only make sense in the context of the then yet to be released album ''[[Radiator (album)|Radiator]]''.<ref name=NME1>{{cite journal|first=Moody|last=Paul|title=Singles|journal=[[NME]]|pages=48–49|date=12 July 1997}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All songs by [[Super Furry Animals]].
*[[Compact Disc single|CD]] <small>(CRESCD269)</small>
*#"The International Language of Screaming" – 2:12
*#"Wrap It Up" – 3:27
*#"Foxy Music" – 3:49
*#"nO.K." – 2:12
*[[Cassette single|MC]] <small>(CRES269)</small>, [[Gramophone record|7"]] <small>(CRE269)</small>
*#"The International Language of Screaming" – 2:12
*#"Wrap It Up" – 3:27
==Personnel==
*[[Gruff Rhys]] – vocals
*[[Huw Bunford]] – [[guitar]]
*[[Guto Pryce]] – [[bass guitar]]
*[[Cian Ciaran]] – [[Keyboard (instrument)|keyboards]]
*[[Dafydd Ieuan]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
==Singles chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1997)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name=Guinness />
|24
|-
|}
==References==
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