Danger! High Voltage
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| Single by Electric 6 | ||
| from the album Fire | ||
| Released | 3 January 2003 | |
| Format | [2 CDs | |
| Recorded | 2001 | |
| Genre | Indie rock | |
| Length | 3:37 | |
| Label | XL | |
| Producer(s) | Al Sutton | |
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"Danger! High Voltage" is a song by Electric Six, released on 3 January 2003 through XL Recordings. It was the band's debut single, and reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart and was named Single of the Week by the NME.
The success of the song was helped by two factors. The first of these was a video produced by Tom Kuntz & Mike Maguire, starring lead singer Dick Valentine and 'elderly' actress Tina Kanarek, replete with a flashing codpiece and brassiere respectively. Along with this they were able to credit an appearance on backing vocals by Jack White of the White Stripes. The backing vocals were initally claimed to be sung by John S. O'Leary, but this was later confirmed as a pseudonym.
The song was originally recorded in 2001, when the band went under the name 'The Wildbunch'. They were forced to drop this name following legal pressure from the Bristol hip-hop collective of the same name.
[edit] Single track listing
[edit] CD1
- "Danger! High Voltage"
- "I Lost Control (Of My Rock & Roll)"
- "Remote Control (Me)"
[edit] CD2
- "Danger! High Voltage (Soulchild 12" Blitz Mix)"
- "Danger! High Voltage (Thin White Duke Mix)"
- "Danger! High Voltage (Kilogram Mix)"
