(Can't You) Trip Like I Do

"(Can't You) Trip Like I Do"
Single by The Crystal Method and Filter
from the album Spawn: The Album, Vegas (UK release), and Title of Record (Japanese and 20th Anniversary expanded edition)
ReleasedOctober 7, 1997
Recorded1997
Genre
Length4:30
LabelEpic/Immortal Records
Songwriter(s)Scott Kirkland, Ken D. Jordan
Producer(s)The Crystal Method
The Crystal Method singles chronology
"Trip Like I Do"
(1997) 		"(Can't You) Trip Like I Do"
(1997) 		"Comin' Back"
(1998)
Filter singles chronology
"Jurassitol"
(1996) 		"(Can't You) Trip Like I Do"
(1997) 		"One"
(1998)

"(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" is a reworking of "Trip Like I Do", a song featured on the Crystal Method's debut album Vegas. The track was recorded for the 1997 film adaptation of the Spawn comic book series. The song was co-written by Richard Patrick and co-produced by Brian Liesegang, both from Filter, who also appeared in the song's video. "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" is the opening song on the film's soundtrack release, Spawn: The Album, and is heard in the end credits. The song was also used for the theatrical trailer of The Matrix and promotional trailers for the Enter the Matrix video game but it does not appear in the film or on the soundtrack.

Inspiration for the song came from a friend of Scott Kirkland who was using ecstasy and leaving voice mail messages telling him "I wish you could trip like I do."[1]

Track listing

  1. "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" (album version) – 4:25
  2. "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" (Danny Saber Remix) – 3:39
  3. "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" (instrumental) – 4:25
  4. "Trip Like I Do" – 7:35

Credits

  • Tracks 1–3 written, recorded and produced by The Crystal Method and Filter
  • Mixed by Ben Grosse
  • Track 1 executive producer: Richard Bishop for 3 A.M.
  • Track 2 remix and additional production by Danny Saber
  • Track 4 written by K. Jordan/S. Kirkland; produced and mixed by The Crystal Method

Chart positions

Chart performance for "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do"
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 79
US Billboard Active Rock[3] 30
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[4] 29

References

  1. ^ Bladerunner Radio, Interview with Filter (Can’t You) Trip Like I Do Archived 2015-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 70.
  3. ^ "Filter Chart History (Active Rock)". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Filter Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved March 23, 2020.