Swamp Thing (song)

"Swamp Thing" is a song by British music group The Grid. It was released on 23 May 1994 as a single and is included on The Grid's third album Evolver. The song peaked at number three on the UK, Australian and Danish singles charts in 1994 and reached the top five in an additional seven countries, including Finland and Norway, where it reached number two. The song was later sampled in "Banjo Thing" by Infernal and "Swamp Thing" by Pegboard Nerds.

This article is about the Grid song. For other songs, see Swamp Thing (disambiguation).

"Swamp Thing"
CD Maxi
Single by The Grid
from the album Evolver
Released23 May 1994
Format
Recorded1993–1994
GenreTechno
Length3:56
LabelDeconstruction Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Richard Norris
  • David Ball
Producer(s)The Grid
The Grid singles chronology
"Texas Cowboys"
(1993)		 "Swamp Thing"
(1994)		 "Rollercoaster"
(1994)
Music video
"Swamp Thing" on YouTube

Content

"Swamp Thing" is almost completely instrumental, consisting mainly of drums, synthesizer sounds and banjo. The only vocals are Well alright, watch out, Feel alright and I just dig it, only repeated a couple of times. The banjo part was written and performed by Roger Dinsdale, a folk musician who also played the guitar and the mandolin. Dinsdale died in July 2009.[1]

Music video

"Swamp Thing" was accompanied by a music video. The video switches back and forth between two scenes: computer-generated imagery of a group of robots dancing to a techno beat, and a blank white landscape with a crawling baby and music synthesiser instruments. The scene with the baby and the instruments also inspired the Evolver album cover art.

Track listing

UK CD single

  1. "Swamp Thing" (Radio Mix) 3:56
  2. "Swamp Thing" (Southern Comfort Mix) 7:10
  3. "Swamp Thing" (Deep Dub Piece) 7:10
  4. "Swamp Thing" (Deep Piece Mix) 8:53

The 12" single omits the Radio Mix. Both the Radio Mix and Southern Comfort Mix are alternative edits of the album mix found on Evolver.

Charts and certifications

References
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  32. "British single certifications – Grid – Swamp Thing". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 September 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Swamp Thing in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.


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