"Unfinished Sympathy" is a song by English trip hop group Massive Attack, released under the temporary group name of Massive. It was released as the second single from Blue Lines on 11 February 1991. As the single was released in the midst of the Gulf War, the word "attack" was temporarily dropped from the group's name at the advice of their record company and management. The name "Massive Attack" had previously been deemed "unpatriotic" by the BBC – thus, the name change was carried out to prevent the single from being banned from airplay. The single was a commercial success for the group, managing to chart highly in several European countries. "Unfinished Sympathy" became a number-one hit on the Dutch Top 40 and peaked at number two on the Dutch Mega Single Top 100 chart. It also gave the group their first major hit in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number thirteen and remained on the charts for nine weeks. The single reached the top ten in Switzerland and the top twenty in Germany and the Belgian region of Flanders. Outside of Europe, it peaked at number forty-eight in New Zealand. "Unfinished Sympathy" is a song by English trip hop group Massive Attack, released under the temporary group name of Massive. It was released as the second single from Blue Lines on 11 February 1991. As the single was released in the midst of the Gulf War, the word "attack" was temporarily dropped from the group's name at the advice of their record company and management. The name "Massive Attack" had previously been deemed "unpatriotic" by the BBC – thus, the name change was carried out to prevent the single from being banned from airplay. The single was a commercial success for the group, managing to chart highly in several European countries. "Unfinished Sympathy" became a number-one hit on the Dutch Top 40 and peaked at number two on the Dutch Mega Single Top 100 chart. It also gave the group their first major hit in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number thirteen and remained on the charts for nine weeks. The single reached the top ten in Switzerland and the top twenty in Germany and the Belgian region of Flanders. Outside of Europe, it peaked at number forty-eight in New Zealand. false 2023-11-29 12:00:20 9 1991 1991-01-01 1991-01-01 20 Electronic Trance Trip Hop 111614 2280539 23c26723-4c13-495e-ae64-fa0418ef8566 10adbe5e-a2c0-4bf3-8249-2b4cbf6e6ca8 3a73f54b-2bc7-3505-8b3b-afede6571397 /media/data/media5/Music/Massive Attack/Unfinished Sympathy/folder.jpg Massive Attack AlbumArtist Massive Attack Artist Massive Attack Massive Attack 1 05:21 2 05:18 3 05:14 4 04:03 Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. The debut Massive Attack album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single "Unfinished Sympathy" reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME. 1998's Mezzanine (containing the top 10 single "Teardrop") and 2003's 100th Window charted in the UK at number one. Both Blue Lines and Mezzanine feature in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.The group have won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Throughout their history, Massive Attack have been supporters and activists for political, human rights and environmental causes. Circa RecordsWild Bunch Records