Fourteenth Century Sky

Fourteenth Century Sky
EP by The Dust Brothers
Released 1 January 1994
Recorded 1993
Genre Electronica
Length 23:43
Label Junior Boys Own
Producer The Dust Brothers
The Dust Brothers chronology
"Song to the Siren"
(1992)
Fourteenth Century Sky
(1994)
My Mercury Mouth EP
(1994)

Fourteenth Century Sky is an EP by English big beat duo The Chemical Brothers, their second release under the name The Dust Brothers. The EP contains "Chemical Beats" and "One Too Many Mornings", later released on the Brothers' debut album Exit Planet Dust.

"One Too Many Mornings" found fame in 2001 after appearing in a UK TV advertisement. The version of "Chemical Beats" is the full-length version, with an extended intro. The full version of the song wasn't included on Exit Planet Dust due to an uncleared vocal sample and has not been available since. The sample was "Take This Brother, May it Serve You Well", later featured in the booklet for Brothers Gonna Work It Out, which was in The Beatles' song "Revolution 9". They were later credited as sampling a Beatles song in "Setting Sun" and "Let Forever Be", to the point where they were almost sued. The Chemical Brothers and Virgin Records proved they did not sample the song. However, the band did sample another Beatles recording in the Radio 1 Anti-Nazi Mix.

Another EP, My Mercury Mouth EP, was released the same day.

Track listings

  1. "Chemical Beats" – 5:41
  2. "One Too Many Mornings" – 4:17
  3. "Dope Coil" – 5:05
  4. "Her Jazz" – 8:40