Push Upstairs

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"Push Upstairs"
Underworld pushUK1.jpg
Single by Underworld
from the album Beaucoup Fish
B-side "Please Help Me"
Released15 March 1999 (1999-03-15)
Length4:34
Label JBO, V2
Songwriter(s) Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Producer(s) Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Underworld singles chronology
"Moaner"
(1997)
"Push Upstairs"
(1999)
"Jumbo"
(1999)

"Push Upstairs" is a song by British electronic music group Underworld from their fifth album, Beaucoup Fish . It was released as a single on 15 March 1999. In business, to "push upstairs" means to promote someone either unwillingly or with an ulterior motive. The single peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Track listings

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United Kingdom15 March 1999
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
[21]
Japan20 March 1999 [22] [23]

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