Like a Motorway

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“Like a Motorway”
“Like a Motorway” cover
Single by Saint Etienne
from the album Tiger Bay
Released May 1994 (1994-05)
Format 7", 12" vinyl, MC, CD
Genre Folk/Electronic music
Label Heavenly - HVN 40
Producer Saint Etienne
Saint Etienne singles chronology
"Pale Movie"
(1994)		 "Like a Motorway"
(1994)		 "Hug My Soul"
(1994)

"Like a Motorway" is a 1994 song by the British pop group Saint Etienne. The song combines the melody from the nineteenth century folk song Silver Dagger with a driving techno beat influenced by Kraftwerk. The title presumably refers to the similarities with Kraftwerk's track Autobahn.

"Like a Motorway" appears on the album Tiger Bay. It was released as a single in May 1994, and reached #47 on the UK Singles Chart.

The cover art features an abandoned car overgrown with foliage. The video consists of a long, slow zoom in Sarah Cracknell as she sings against a black background, intercut with occasional rapid shots of Pete Wiggs and Bob Stanley driving a car.

[edit] Track listing

7" / Cassette

  1. "Like A Motorway (Radio Edit)" – 3:38
  2. "You Know I'll Miss You When You're Gone" – 2:57
  3. "Sushi Rider" – 2:57

CD / 12"

  1. "Like A Motorway (Radio Edit)" – 3:38
  2. "Like a Motorway (Chekhov Warp Dub)" – 9:18
  3. "Like A Motorway (The David Holmes Mix)" – 13:01
  4. "Like A Motorway (Skin Up You're Already Dead)" – 8:47


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