Editing Manic Street Preachers (section)

== Collaborations and covers ==
[[File:Manicstreetpreachersatbrixton.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Manic Street Preachers performing live in Brixton O2 Academy, 2014]]

The band released a split single in 1992 with [[the Fatima Mansions]], a rock cover of "[[Suicide Is Painless]]", which became their first UK Top 10 hit.<ref name="Price"/> They have recorded many cover versions of songs by other artists, primarily as [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]] for their own singles. Bands and artists to whom the group have paid tribute in this way include [[the Clash]], [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[Happy Mondays]], [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]], [[Chuck Berry]], [[Faces (band)|Faces]] and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].<ref name="Price"/>

The band's first musical appearance since Edwards' departure was recording a cover of "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head]]" for ''[[The Help Album]]'', a charity effort in 1995 in support of aid efforts in war-torn [[Bosnia]] and [[Herzegovina]].<ref name="Price"/>

[[The Lightning Seeds]]' song "Waiting for Today to Happen", from their fifth album, ''[[Dizzy Heights]]'' (1996), was written by Nicky Wire and [[Ian Broudie]]. That same year, James Dean Bradfield and [[Dave Eringa]] produced [[Northern Uproar]]'s first single, "[[Rollercoaster/Rough Boys]]". The [[808 State]] song "Lopez" (1997) features lyrics by Wire and vocals by Bradfield.<ref name="Price"/> It is featured on their greatest hits album, ''[[808:88:98]]''. [[Kylie Minogue]]'s sixth album, ''[[Impossible Princess]]'' (1997), features two songs co-written and produced by the Manics: "[[Some Kind of Bliss]]" (Bradfield, Minogue and Sean Moore) and "I Don't Need Anyone" (Bradfield, Jones and Minogue) were produced by Bradfield and Dave Eringa.<ref name="Price"/> Bradfield provided backing vocals, bass guitar and production for the [[Massive Attack]] song "[[Inertia Creeps]]" (1998), which features on their successful third album, ''[[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]]''.<ref name="Price"/> [[Patrick Jones (poet)|Patrick Jones]]'s album of poetry set to music, ''[[Patrick Jones (poet)#Commemoration and Amnesia|Commemoration and Amnesia]]'' (1999), features two songs with music written by Bradfield: the title track and "The Guerilla Tapestry". Bradfield plays the guitar on both songs. Furthermore, the track "Hiraeth" features a section called "Spoken Word", in which Nicky Wire talks about Welsh identity.<ref name="Manic Street Preachers"/>

In February 2006, the band contributed a cover version of "The Instrumental" to the album ''[[Still Unravished|Still Unravished: A Tribute to the June Brides]]''.<ref name="Manic Street Preachers"/>

In February 2008, the Manics covered [[Rihanna]]'s hit pop song "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]". Their version appeared on a CD titled ''[[NME Awards 2008 (album)|NME Awards 2008]]'' given away free with a special souvenir box-set issue of ''[[NME]]'' magazine, which went on sale 27 February. Additionally, the Manics' version of the song was made available on [[iTunes]] from 5 March 2008.<ref name="God-Like Genius"/> Despite being chart-eligible (it reached number 47 in the UK),<ref name="UK charts"/> the release was not intended as an official single.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/07/blogs/diary/2008/03/27/nicks_blog_march |title=Manic Street Preachers |website=Manic Street Preachers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401121258/http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/07/blogs/diary/2008/03/27/nicks_blog_march |archive-date=1 April 2008 |access-date=21 July 2013}}</ref> Two further versions (the Acoustic and Grand Slam mixes) were later made available on iTunes and now comprise a three-track ''Umbrella EP''.

James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire contributed an original song, "The Girl from Tiger Bay", to [[Shirley Bassey]]'s 2009 studio album, ''[[The Performance]]''.<ref name="Manic Street Preachers"/>