Dirty Sticky Floors
"Dirty Sticky Floors" | ||||
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Single by Dave Gahan | ||||
from the album Paper Monsters | ||||
B-side | "Stand up", "Maybe" | |||
Released |
26 May 2003 (UK) 27 May 2003 (US) | |||
Format | CD, Maxi-CD, DVD, 12" | |||
Recorded | 2003 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length |
3:14 (Radio mix) 3:34 (Album version/Video mix) | |||
Label |
Mute Records (UK) Reprise Records (US) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dave Gahan, Knox Chandler | |||
Producer(s) | Ken Thomas | |||
Dave Gahan singles chronology | ||||
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"Dirty Sticky Floors" is the first solo single by Depeche Mode vocalist Dave Gahan and is the lead track on his 2003 debut album, Paper Monsters.[1] It was released in late May 2003 as the lead single from that album, reaching No.18 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2003 in British music). The song would also reach #5 in Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Club Play Chart. The song was slightly remixed in two different forms for its single release and an extended version for the music video.
Background
In a VH1 interview a week after the release, Gahan told Jim Macnie that the song, which poked fun at his addiction, "is all about the so-called glamorous side of rock-'n'-roll, and ending up on some dirty, sticky floor every single night; some god-awful toilet in some club or — most of the time — my own dirty, sticky floor in my own bathroom."[2]
Releases
UK releases
UK official releases
- CD MUTE 294 (Mute (Mute CD Single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (radio mix, by Alan Moulder) - 3:14
- "Stand Up" - 5:28
- "Maybe" - 4:52
- LCD MUTE 294 (Mute limited CD Single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Vocal remix edit)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Lexicon Avenue Vocal mix edit)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (The Passengerz Dirty Club mix edit)
The back of the limited CD incorrectly lists tracks 2 and 3 as being "Stand Up [Lexicon Avenue Vocal Mix (Edit)]" and "Maybe [The Passengerz Dirty Club Mix (Edit)]"
- DVD MUTE 294 (Mute DVD single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (video)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Dub edit) - 7:56
- "Black and Blue Again" (acoustic)
- 12 MUTE 294 (Mute 12" vinyl single), released 9 June 2003
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Vocal remix) - 10:44
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Dub) - 12:19
- L12 MUTE 294 (Mute limited 12" vinyl single), released 9 June 2003
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Lexicon Avenue Vocal mix) - 10:31
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Silencer remix) - 6:38
UK promo releases
- RCD MUTE 294 (Mute promotional CD Single, for radio stations)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (radio mix, by Alan Moulder)
- P12 MUTE 294 (Mute promotional 12" vinyl single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Vocal remix) - 10:44
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Dub) - 12:19
- PL12 MUTE 294 (Mute promotional limited 12" vinyl single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Lexicon Avenue Vocal mix) - 10:31
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Silencer remix) - 6:38
US releases
US official releases
- 2-42620 (Reprise CD-Maxi single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (radio mix, by Alan Moulder) - 3:14
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Vocal remix) - 10:44
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (The Passengerz Dirty Club remix) - 7:25
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Lexicon Avenue Vocal mix) - 10:31
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Silencer remix) - 6:38
- "Stand Up" - 5:28
- "Maybe" - 4:52
- 0-42620 (Reprise 2x12" vinyl single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Vocal remix) - 10:44
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (The Passengerz Dirty Club remix) - 7:25
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Silencer remix) - 6:38
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Dub) - 12:19
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Lexicon Avenue Vocal mix) - 10:31
US promotional releases
- PRO-CD-101093 (Reprise promotional CD Single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Album Version) - 3:32
- PRO-CD-101116 (Reprise promotional CD Single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (radio mix, by Alan Moulder) - 3:14
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (album version) - 3:32
- PRO-A-101093 (Reprise promotional 12" vinyl single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Vocal remix) - 10:44
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (The Passengerz Dirty Club remix) - 7:25
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Silencer remix) - 6:38
- PRO-A-101116 (Reprise promotional 12" vinyl single)
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Lexicon Avenue Vocal mix) - 10:31
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Dub edit) - 7:56
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (The Passengerz Dirty dub) - 6:38
Personnel
- Engineer [Mix] – Jack Clark
- Engineer [Recording] – Jonathan Adler
- Mastered By – Mike Marsh
- Mixed By – Ken Thomas
- Programmed By – Jon Collyer
- Programmed By [Additional] – Knox Chandler
- Written-By – Dave Gahan, Knox Chandler
References
- ↑ "Dave Gahan – Dirty Sticky Floors". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ Miller, Jonathan (2004). Stripped: The True Story of Depeche Mode. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-415-2.