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"Mother Universe"
"Mother Universe"
Single by The Soup Dragons
from the album Lovegod
Released	1990
Genre	Alternative rock, dub
Length	various
Label	Big Life
Songwriter(s)	Sean Dickson
The Soup Dragons singles chronology

"Mother Universe" is a single taken from the Soup Dragons album Lovegod. The original version, "hinging on a Marc Bolan riff",^[1] was initially ignored and regarded according to Rage Magazine as 'weird'.^[2] However, after the considerable success of the album's second single, "I'm Free", Mother Universe was reworked to give it a similar feel, substituting a gospel-style chorus for guitar chords and adding various whoops and small elements of toasting.^[3]^[4]^[5] The new version reached 26 in the UK Charts^[6] and was later re-issued in the US backed by "Sweetmeat". Despite the latter version's greater success, lead singer Sean Dickson has stated his preference for the original version.

Cover Art

The original version featured a bowed headed Madonna figure in colour reversed reds.^[7] The remix version cover art featured a stylised blue fly with orange wings.^[8]

Track listing

UK downtempo promo 7-inch; 1989

Mother Universe 7:28^[8]
Mother Universe (Mother Dub) 6:23^[9]

UK, October 1990 Remix

Mother Universe (7" Version) 3:50^[8]
Dream-E-4-Ever (Live) 4:05
Mother Universe (12" Version) 7:29

UK, October 1990 CD

Mother Universe (Love Dub)
4-Way Brain
Mother Universe (Solar Dub)

US Release

Mother Universe (12" Version)^[6]^[10]
Mother Universe
Sweetmeat
Softly

Canadian Release

Mother Universe (12") 7:30
Dream Forever (Live) 5:35
Sweetmeat (12") 6:14
Softly (Live) 4:16
Backwards Dog (12") 6:07
4-Way Brain 2:33

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[11]	76
New Zealand (RIANZ)^[12]	45
UK Singles (OCC)	26

References

^ Encyclopedia of Popular Music quoted on Shockhound
^ Soup Dragons interview, Rage Magazine, October 1990
^ Rage Magazine's October 1990 Soup Dragons interview
^ Original version
^ Second version
^ ^a ^b Discoogle
^ Discoogle
^ ^a ^b ^c Single artwork
^ Outlab Track Listing
^ Track Listing
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 3 November 1990. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "THE SOUP DRAGONS - MOTHER UNIVERSE". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

External links

[1] Encyclopedia of Popular Music quoted on Shockhound

[2] Soup Dragons interview, Rage Magazine, October 1990

[3] Rage Magazine's October 1990 Soup Dragons interview

[4] Original version

[5] Second version

[Discoogle-6] Discoogle

[7] Discoogle

[Single_artwork-8] Single artwork

[9] Outlab Track Listing

[10] Track Listing

[11] "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 3 November 1990. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[12] "THE SOUP DRAGONS - MOTHER UNIVERSE". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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