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| "Lagartija Nick" | ||||
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| Single by Bauhaus | ||||
| Released | 15 January 1983 [1] | |||
| Genre | Post punk, gothic rock | |||
| Label | Beggars Banquet Records | |||
| Songwriters | Peter Murphy Daniel Ash Kevin Haskins David J | |||
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"Lagartija Nick" is a song by English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released as a stand-alone single in 7" and 12" format on the Beggars Banquet Records label in January 1983.
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It reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart.[ citation needed ]
A version of the song was first recorded as "Bite my Hip" in 1979 at the band's first recording session where their first single was recorded. [2] Murphy and Ash composed the song but did not develop it as the group thought it was too "simplistic". Later, Murphy and David J reworked it, incorporating references to the Devil ("Lagartija Nick" being an old Spanish term) and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. [3]
