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Wikipedia article




"'Juanita'" is the title of a 1997 promotional single release and a song by Underworld, and the first portion of the opening combined track "Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of Love," from their 1996 album 'Second Toughest in the Infants'.

The band also released different mixes of the track, including a live version on the 2000 live album 'Everything, Everything', and as "Juanita 2022," on a May 2022 EP.

Background



The album version of the track is titled "Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of Love," as "Juanita" forms only the first part of three in the track, with "Kiteless" and "To Dream of Love" pushing it to its length of over sixteen minutes. The "Promo Short Cut" version included on the promotional single cuts down the six-minutes "Juanita" part, and edits and fades it out to 3:49.

The song was the regular set-opener of their 'Second Toughest in the Infants' and 'Beaucoup Fish' tours. It is named after Juanita Boxill, who later contributed spoken word vocals for their album 'A Hundred Days Off'. The 2000 live album 'Everything, Everything', which documents the 'Beaucoup Fish' tour, features a version which includes "Juanita" and "Kiteless" only, and runs to 12:35.

Reviews



In a 2016 rundown of the band's best tracks on Stereogum, music critic Sean T Collins rated "Juanita" as "the single strongest argument for [Underworld's] genius," and noted: "The peculiar sample which occurs at the end of the track is one of Karl Hydes most effective deployments of his observational writing. His technique consisted of simply sitting and while he recorded himself listing the colours of passing cars, played it back at high speed, slowing down the occasional entry in the list as if it contained some special, unknowable meaning."

Juanita 2022



In May 2022, the band released a new remix of the song entitled "Juanita 2022," on an EP alongside the live version of "Juanita/Kiteless" from the 2000 live album 'Everything, Everything'.



Track listing



Promo single

# "Juanita (Promo Short Cut)" 3:49

# "Juanita (Album Version)" 16:35

'Juanita 2022' EP

#"Juanita 2022" 12:23

#"Juanita (Everything, Everything Live Version)" 12:35

References



Category:Underworld (band) songs

Category:1997 singles

Category:1995 songs

Category:Wax Trax! Records singles

Category:Songs written by Darren Emerson

Category:Songs written by Rick Smith (musician)

Category:Songs written by Karl Hyde

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