Electrobix

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"Electrobix"
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Single by Scissor Sisters
from the album The Demo Album and K-Mart Disco
ReleasedMay 2, 2002
Recorded2002
Genre Dance-pop
Length5:57 (12-inch mix)
Label A Touch of Class
Songwriter(s) Jason Sellards, Scott Hoffman
Producer(s) Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters singles chronology
"Electrobix"
(2002)
"Laura"
(2003)

"Electrobix" is a song by American band Scissor Sisters and is the first single from the Scissor Sisters' 2003 demo album. Released as a 12-inch vinyl EP in 2002, "Electrobix" is not the best-known track on the EP, with its B-side "Comfortably Numb" gaining much more club and airplay than the A-side.

Contents

The track resurfaced on A Touch of Class's 2004 compilation album Remixed! . The versions found on this album are the 12" mix and the "Hungry Wives Passive Depressive" mix.

There is much debate as to whether a video of "Electrobix" exists. Clips shown on the band's first DVD We Are Scissor Sisters… And So Are You of Jake taking pills and reading muscle magazines and Ana's mouthing of the words "Are you a Scissor Sister" amongst an aerobic class suggest a video exists.

Track listing

  1. "Electrobix" (12-inch mix)
  2. "Electrobix" (radio edit)
  3. "Electrobix" (Hungry Wives Passive Depressive mix)
  4. "Comfortably Numb"

Official remixes

  1. Hungry Wives Passive Depressive mix
  2. 12-inch remix

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References

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