Meddle (song)

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"Meddle"
Little Boots - Meddle.png
Promotional single by Little Boots
from the EP Arecibo
Released4 August 2008 (2008-08-04)
Genre Electropop
Length3:16
Label 50 Bones
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Joe Goddard
  • Greg Kurstin (add.)

"Meddle" is a song by English singer and songwriter Little Boots from her debut extended play (EP), Arecibo (2008), and later appearing on her debut studio album, Hands (2009). Written by Little Boots and Joe Goddard, the song was released as a limited-edition promotional single in the United Kingdom on 4 August 2008. [1]

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It would later be used in 2011 Kinect game Dance Central 2 , and would appear in the British Comedy Show Friday Night Dinner

Critical reception

"Meddle" received generally positive reviews from music critics. In a review for musicOMH, John Murphy called the song "squealy electro goodness" that had "a terrific bit near the end where the backing vocals seem to turn into Gregorian chants before kicking back into the disco beat." [2] Neil Queen of The Times described it as a "barnstormer" that comes "across like a brain-stabbing disco/drum and bass hybrid." [3]

Track listings

(4Bones; released 4 August 2008)

  1. "Meddle" – 3:16

(4Bones; released 4 August 2008)

A. "Meddle" – 3:16
B. "Meddle" (Toddla T & Ross Orton Remix) – 3:23

(Atlantic Records; released 2009)

  1. "Meddle" – 3:15
  2. "Meddle" (Treasure Fingers Remix) – 5:41
  3. "Meddle" (Toddla T and Ross Orton Remix) – 3:28
  4. "Meddle" (Tenorion Piano Version) – 3:12
Other versions

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 97

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