Tarantula (Faithless song)

This article is about the song by Faithless. For other tracks entitled "Tarantula", see Tarantula (disambiguation).
"Crazy English Summer / Tarantula"

Australian CD1 Cover
Single by Faithless
from the album Outrospective
Released December 2001 (UK)
Recorded 2001
Genre Trance
Length 03:05
Label Cheeky Records
Writer(s) Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss, Rollo, Zoë Johnston
Producer(s) Rollo
Faithless singles chronology
"Muhammad Ali
(2001)		 "Crazy English Summer" / "Tarantula
(2001)		 "One Step Too Far
(2002)

"Tarantula" is a song by Faithless, released as a single in 2001 as the third single release from their album Outrospective. The album's previous single had been "Muhammad Ali". It was released as simply "Tarantula" in some countries and the double a-side "Crazy English Summer" / "Tarantula" in others. Tarantula was written by the three members of Faithless. "Crazy English Summer"'s backing track was written by Sister Bliss and Rollo Armstrong and Zoë Johnston wrote and performed the vocals.

In December 2001 the single reached #29 in UK Singles Chart and #53 in Netherlands. In January 2002 peaked #18 in Finland, #49 in Belgium, and #89 in Switzerland.

A sample from "Tarantula" was featured as the theme to the BBC's coverage of the 2002 Fifa World Cup.

Track listing

UK CD1

  1. Tarantula (Radio Edit) [Radio Mix] - 03:05
  2. Tarantula (Rollo & Sister Bliss Funky As F*** Mix) - 08:28
  3. Tarantula (Tiësto Remix) [Edit] - 08:20

UK CD2

  1. Tarantula (Radio Edit) [Radio Mix] - 03:05
  2. Tarantula (Rollo & Sister Bliss Big Mix) - 07:20
  3. Tarantula (Hiver & Hammer Remix) - 07:03

Australian CD1

  1. Crazy English Summer (DJ Aloé Remix) - 03:52
  2. Tarantula (Radio Edit) - 03:05
  3. Tarantula (Rollo & Sister Bliss Funky Mix) - 08:27
  4. Tarantula (Subtech Remix) - 09:05
  5. Muhammad Ali (Oliver Lieb Remix) - 07:10

Australian CD2

  1. Crazy English Summer (Aloé Radio Edit) - 03:52
  2. Tarantula (Radio Edit) - 03:05
  3. Tarantula (Tiësto Remix) - 09:19
  4. Tarantula (Hiver & Hammer Remix) - 07:02
  5. Crazy English Summer (Aloé Extended Remix) - 06:03

German CD1

  1. Tarantula (Radio Edit) - 03:19
  2. Tarantula (Rollo & Sister Bliss Funky As F*** Mix) - 08:29
  3. Tarantula (Tiësto Remix) - 09:21
  4. Tarantula (Subtech Mix) - 09:06

German CD2

  1. Tarantula (Radio Edit) - 03:19
  2. Tarantula (Rollo & Sister Bliss Big Mix) - 07:19
  3. Tarantula (Hiver & Hammer Remix) - 07:03
  4. Crazy English Summer (DJ Aloé Remix) - 03:50

Danish Release

  1. Crazy English Summer (Album Version) - 02:44
  2. Crazy English Summer (DJ Aloé Remix) - 03:52
  3. Crazy English Summer (Extended Remix) [DJ Aloé] - 06:03
  4. Tarantula (Radio Edit) - 03:18

Chart positions

Chart (2001-2002) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[1] 49
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders Dance)[1] 7
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[2] 3
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia Dance)[2] 7
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] 18
Germany (Media Control Charts)[4] 92
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 53
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 89

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ultratop.be – Faithless – Tarantula" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ultratop.be – Faithless – Tarantula" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Faithless: Tarantula" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Faithless > Tarantula – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Faithless search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Faithless – Tarantula" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Faithless – Tarantula". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

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