Danger! High Voltage

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“Danger! High Voltage”
“Danger! High Voltage” cover
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 Al Sutton

"Danger! High Voltage" is a song by Electric Six, released as a single 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. It was also released on the band's debut album Fire (2003).

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 actress Tina Kanarek outfitted with a brightly flashing codpiece and brassiere, respectively.[1] Along with this they were able to credit a possible appearance on backing vocals by Jack White of the White Stripes. The backing vocals were initially claimed to be sung by John S. O'Leary, but this was later considered a pseudonym[citation needed].

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 trip-hop collective of the same name.

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[edit] Reception

The New York Times called the song "catchier than anything on the radio by the White Stripes."[2] The Guardian called it "insanely catchy", though "the archetypal comic novelty single."[3] Josh Tyrangiel with TIME magazine also praised the track.[4]

[edit] Uses in Pop Culture

  • The song was used in a Subaru Forester commercial
  • The song was used by wrestler Brian Kendrick during his "Spanky" gimmick in Ring of Honor.
  • The song was used in Charlies Angels 2: Full Throttle (2003)

[edit] Single track listing

[edit] CD1

  1. "Danger! High Voltage"
  2. "I Lost Control (Of My Rock & Roll)"
  3. "Remote Control (Me)"

[edit] CD2

  1. "Danger! High Voltage (Soulchild 12" Blitz Mix)"
  2. "Danger! High Voltage (Thin White Duke Mix)"
  3. "Danger! High Voltage (Kilogram Mix)"

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ A stuffed moose with a flashing lower belly is also briefly seen.
  2. ^ Strauss, Neil (February 16, 2003). "MUSIC: SPINS; Burning Down the Garage". The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-04
  3. ^ Petridis, Alexis (June 27, 2003), "Electric Six: Fire" The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-01-04
  4. ^ Tyrangiel, Josh (June 02, 2003), "Brilliant Idiots". TIME Retrieved on 2008-01-04
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