Hit (The Sugarcubes song)

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"Hit"
The Sugarcubes Hit.jpg
Single by the Sugarcubes
from the album Stick Around for Joy
B-side
  • "Theft"
  • "Chihuahua"
Released30 December 1991 (1991-12-30)
Studio Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)
Length3:55
Label
Songwriter(s) The Sugarcubes
Producer(s) Paul Fox
The Sugarcubes singles chronology
"Planet"
(1990)
"Hit"
(1991)
"Walkabout"
(1992)

"Hit" is a song written and performed by Icelandic alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. It was released on 30 December 1991 as the lead single from their third and final studio album, Stick Around for Joy . The song became the band's most successful single, reaching number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was accompanied by a music video directed by Óskar Jónasson. [1]

Contents

Track listings

UK 7-inch vinyl

Side A

  1. "Hit" – 3:57

Side B

  1. "Theft" – 3:50

UK 12-inch vinyl [2]

Side A

  1. "Hit" – 3:57
  2. "Theft" – 3:50

Side B

  1. "Hit" (instrumental) – 3:50
  2. "Leash Called Love" – 3:42

UK CD1 [2]

  1. "Hit" – 3:57
  2. "Theft" – 3:50
  3. "Hit" (instrumental) – 3:57
  4. "Chihuahua" (instrumental) – 3:32

Personnel

Personnel are adapted from the liner notes of "Hit". [3]

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] 76
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [5] 66
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 18
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 28
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 17
US Modern Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [9] 1

Covers

The track was covered by English indie rock band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (also known as "Carter USM") in 1993 as a B-side to their single "Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over" off their fourth album, Post Historic Monsters . [10]

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