Spikee

"Spikee" / "Dogman Go Woof"
Single by Underworld
B-side"Dogman Go Woof"
Released6 December 1993 (1993-12-06)[1]
Length12:34
LabelJunior Boy's Own
Songwriter(s)Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Producer(s)Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Underworld singles chronology
"Rez"
(1993)
"Spikee" / "Dogman Go Woof"
(1993)
"Dark & Long"
(1994)

"Spikee" is a non-album single by British electronic music group Underworld, originally released on 6 December 1993 in the UK. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 63 on 18 December 1993 for one week.[2]

Track listings

12-inch: JBO / JBO 17 (UK)

  1. "Spikee" – 12:34 (Hyde/Smith/Emerson)
  2. "Dogman Go Woof" – 12:13 (Smith/Emerson)

CD: JBO / JBO 17 CD (UK)

  1. "Spikee" – 12:34
  2. "Dogman Go Woof" – 12:13

Notes

  • Dogman Go Woof written, produced and mixed by Rick Smith and Darren Emerson
  • Published by Underworld / Sherlock Holmes Music
  • Sleeve design by Third Planet Inc.
  • The text 'PICK YOUR OWN' is etched into the run-out groove of the 12".
  • The text 'DOGMANGOWOOF' is etched into the run-out groove of the 500-only pressing Underworld 12" single, "Mother Earth / The Hump".

Appearances

  • Spikee was released on CD as part of the 1992–2002 Anthology set released worldwide in 2003.
  • Spikee appears on Cyberspace 2 (a CD compilation) (1994) in an edited form.
  • Spikee appears on Foundations - Coming Up From the Streets (2CD Compilation) (1997)
  • Spikee appears on Wax Trax! MasterMix, a 1999 Compilation CD.
  • Spikee appears on Dream Injection, Volume 1, a 1995 Compilation CD.
  • The Spikee video, directed by Graham Wood (1993), appears on the UK released video compilation Kiteless: A Tomato Project.
  • The same video version of Spikee also appears on the US released compilation, Footwear Repairs by Craftsmen at Competitive Prices.
  • "Spikee" also appeared on BBC's Saturday Afternoon Grandstand as background music.[citation needed]
  • The guitar section from "Spikee" also appeared as the title music for ITV's Saturday lunchtime football magazine On the Ball in the late 1990s and the early 2000s.

References

  1. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 4 December 1993. p. 21.
  2. ^ "Underworld". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 November 2022.