Little Green Bag
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Little Green Bag is a song by George Baker Selection, and is most famous for its use in the Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs.
The song was written in 1969 by Dutch singer and guitarist George Baker. The song became a top ten hit in the United States in the summer of 1970. In the early nineties the song reached number 1 in Japan after the featuring in a Japanese whisky commercial. The song was covered by Tom Jones.
[edit] Musical Analysis
The song features a "jazzy" bass intro, with a tambourine played on the off beats. The bass line is played twice then a quarter note drum groove with a "bounce" feel is played. The vocals start and are sung in a mellow, cool way, then they excel to a stronger type. By the chorus, the guitar comes in and the song starts to resemble romantic Spanish music.
[edit] Pop Culture
- Featured in the Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs and in a pastiche of the same film in the TV series Red Dwarf.
- Featured in the Simpsons episode HABF18 - Jazzy and the Pussycats during the Reservoir Dogs parody.
- Featured in the game Under the Skin.
- Main theme of the Chilean telenovela Machos.
- Featured in a television advertisement for Heineken beer.
- Featured in a Japanese whisky commercial.
- Featured in a Trident Splash gum commercial (2006).
- Featured in the BBC British sitcom Coupling episode "Sex, Death and Nudity"; when Steve, Patrick and Jeff 'play' Reservoir Dogs before going into the funeral.
- Featured at the end of the BBC sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf episode "Back in the Red: Part II" to accompany the 'Dibbley Family' sequence, although it was originally planned that a Monkees song was to be used.
