Diggin' a Hole

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"Diggin' a Hole"
Big Sugar Diggin a Hole.jpg
Single by Big Sugar
from the album Hemi-Vision
Released1996
Length
  • 4:37
  • 3:45 (edit)
Label A&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Gordie Johnson
Big Sugar singles chronology
"Dear Mr. Fantasy"
(1995)
"Diggin' a Hole"
(1996)
"If I Had My Way"
(1996)
Music video
"Diggin' a Hole" on YouTube

"Diggin' a Hole" is a song by Canadian rock band Big Sugar. It was released as the lead single from the band's 1996 album, Hemi-Vision . The song was co-written by Canadian musician Andy Curran and well known Canadian actor and TV host Dan Gallagher. The song was re-released in 1999 on the U.S. version of Big Sugar's next album, Heated . The song was featured on the compilation album Hit Zone 3.

Contents

Commercial performance

The song was successful in Canada, reaching No. 9 on the RPM Hit Tracks chart. Between 1995 and 2016, "Diggin' a Hole" was the fifth-most-played song by a Canadian artist on rock radio stations in Canada. [1]

Track listings

UK CD single [2]

  1. "Diggin' a Hole" (edit) – 3:45
  2. "Tobacco Hand" (dub) – 4:53
  3. "Skull Ring" (dub) – 4:54
  4. "Joe Lewis / Judgement Day" (Moog dub) – 4:06

Australian CD single [3]

  1. "Diggin' a Hole" (remix/edit) – 3:31
  2. "Diggin' a Hole" (remix) – 3:53
  3. "Diggin' a Hole" (album version) – 4:39
  4. "Joe Lewis / Judgement Day" (Moog dub) – 4:06

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [4] 9

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Canada1996Radio A&M
United KingdomAugust 4, 1997CD Polydor [5]

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