Hug My Soul

Hug My Soul is a single by British band Saint Etienne. It was the third single from the album Tiger Bay, and was released September 1994 (1994-09) by Heavenly Records. It was written by vocalist Sarah Cracknell along with songwriting partners Guy Batson and Johnny Male (Male and Batson would help co-write a number of tracks on Cracknell's solo debut Lipslide).

The single was released with three B-sides written by Saint Etienne's songwriting partnership of Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs: "I Buy American Records", "Hate Your Drug" and "La Poupee Qui Fait Non (No, No, No)". The latter was produced by the band's friend (and future Heavenly label mate) Edwyn Collins. A second CD featured remixes by Motiv8, Secret Knowledge, Juan "Kinky" Hernandez and Sure is Pure. It reached #32 in the UK charts.^[1]

This would be Saint Etienne's final release for Warner Bros. Follow up single "He's On The Phone" would be released on MCA Records, lifted from a dance compilation album called Life is a Dance.^[2] The US releases included a number of exclusive remixes - including an alternate album version (which was released as a bonus track on the US version of Tiger Bay), a Motiv-8 dub, and the On Tour In '94 dub.

1 Marketing
2 Tracklisting
3 References

Marketing

The UK release featured cover art involving a photograph of abandoned musical instruments. The US release features a photograph of the band.

The single was marketed with a surreal video, in which Sarah Cracknell plays a young girl asleep with her stuffed toys; she dreams of being chased by a bear, but ultimately ends up having jelly and ice cream with him in his den.

Tracklisting

MC: Heavenly / HVN42 CS

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hug My Soul"	3:56
2.	"Hate Your Drug"	3:47

12": Heavenly / HVN42 12

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hug My Soul (Album version)"	3:56
2.	"Hug My Soul (Sure Is Pure's Kodacolour House Mix)"	8:42
3.	"Hug My Soul (Motiv8's Blackpool Mix)"	6:45
4.	"Hug My Soul (Secret Knowledge's Limbo Mix)"	10:06

12": Heavenly / HVN42 12P

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hug My Soul (Motiv 8 Mix - Blackpool Mix)"	6:45
2.	"Hug My Soul (12" Mix)"	6:29
3.	"Hug My Soul (Sure Is Pure's Kodacolour House Mix)"	8:42
4.	"Hug My Soul (Sure Is Pure - Little Deuce Dub)"	8:40

12": Warner Bros. / 9 41591-0

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hug My Soul (Kodacolor House Mix)"	8:42
2.	"Hug My Soul (Little Deuce Dub)"	8:40
3.	"Hug My Soul (Nu Bootz Groove)"	4:49
4.	"Hug My Soul (Motive-8 Mix"	6:45
5.	"Hug My Soul (Motive-8 Dub)"	6:41
6.	"Hug My Soul (Secret Knowledge Limbo Mix)"	10:06

12": Warner Bros. / PRO-A-7069

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hug My Soul (Kodacolor House Mix)"	8:42
2.	"Hug My Soul (Little Deuce Dub)"	8:40
3.	"Hug My Soul (Secret Knowledge Limbo Mix)"	10:05
4.	"Hug My Soul (On Tour In '94 Dub)"	5:08

US promo
Tracks 1,2 remixed by Sure is Pure
Tracks 3,4 remixed by Kris Needs

CD: Heavenly / HVN42CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hug My Soul"	3:56
2.	"I Buy American Records"	2:50
3.	"Hate Your Drug"	3:47
4.	"La Poupee Qui Fait Non (No, No, No) - Live In Reykyavik"	3:55

CD: Heavenly / HVN42CDR

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hug My Soul (12" Mix)"	6:29
2.	"Hug My Soul (Motiv 8 - Blackpool Mix)"	6:45
3.	"Hug My Soul (Sure Is Pure - Kodacolour House Mix)"	8:45
4.	"Hug My Soul (Juan 'Kinky' Hernandez - Nu Bootz Groove)"	4:51
5.	"Hug My Soul (Secret Knowledge - Limbo Mix)"	10:06

track 1 remixed by Mark "Spike" Stent

CD: Warner Bros. / 9 41591-2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hug My Soul (Alternate Album Version)"	4:23
2.	"Hug My Soul (Kodacolor House Mix)"	8:45
3.	"No, No, No, No, No (La Poupee Qui Fait Non)"	3:55
4.	"Hug My Soul (Nu Bootz Groove)"	4:51
5.	"Hug My Soul (Motiv-8 Mix)"	6:45
6.	"I Buy American Records"	2:55
7.	"Hug My Soul (Secret Knowledge Limbo Mix)"	10:06

References

^ http://www.saint.etienne.net/ec/Hug_My_Soul.disc.html Saint Etienne Heaven - Hug My Soul discography entry
^ http://www.discogs.com/release/1415900 Life is a Dance discography entry

Saint Etienne

Sarah Cracknell • Bob Stanley • Pete Wiggs Gerard Johnson • Ian Catt

Studio albums	Foxbase Alpha • So Tough • Tiger Bay • Good Humor • Sound of Water • Finisterre • Tales from Turnpike House • Foxbase Alpha Deluxe Edition

Compilations	You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone • Fairy Tales from Saint Etienne • Too Young to Die - The Singles • Casino Classics • Continental • Interlude • Smash the System: Singles and More • Travel Edition 1990-2005 • Smash the System: Singles 1990-99 • Boxette • London Conversations • Saint Etienne On 45: Part 1

Other releases	I Love to Paint • Reserection • Fairfax High • Places to Visit • The Misadventures of Saint Etienne • Built on Sand • Asleep at the Wheels of Steel • Up the Wooden Hills • Nice Price • What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day? • A Glimpse of Stocking

Singles	"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" • "Kiss and Make Up" • "Nothing Can Stop Us" • "Join Our Club" • "Avenue" • "You're in a Bad Way" • "Hobart Paving" • "Xmas 93" • "Pale Movie" • "Like a Motorway" • "Hug My Soul" • "He's on the Phone" • "Sylvie" • "The Bad Photographer" • "Lose That Girl" • "Lover Plays the Bass" • "How We Used to Live" • "Heart Failed (In the Back of a Taxi)" • "Boy is Crying" • "Action" • "Shower Scene" • "Soft Like Me" • "Side Streets" • "A Good Thing" • "Stars Above Us" • "Burnt Out Car" • "Method of Modern Love"

Films	Finisterre • What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day? • This is Tomorrow

Related articles	Discography • AS Saint-Étienne • Heavenly Records • Creation Records • Sub Pop • Mantra Records • Sanctuary Records