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In the Meantime (Spacehog song)

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Wikipedia article




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| name = In the Meantime

| cover = Inthemeantimespacehog.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Spacehog

| album = Resident Alien

| B-side =

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| length = 4:58

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| writer = Royston Langdon

| producer = Bryce Goggin

| next_title = Cruel to Be Kind

| next_year = 1996

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"'In the Meantime'" is the debut single of English alternative rock band Spacehog, from their debut album, 'Resident Alien' (1995). It samples the Penguin Cafe Orchestra song "Telephone and Rubber Band". Released in 1996, the single peaked atop the US 'Billboard' Mainstream Rock chart and the UK Rock Chart. It additionally reached number 32 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and number 29 on the UK Singles Chart while reaching the top 50 in Australia, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand and Sweden.

Meaning



Lead singer Royston Langdon said:

Track listings and formats



* 'US CD and cassette single'

# "In the Meantime"   5:01

# "To Be a Millionaire... Was It Likely?" (live)  3:41

* 'Australian and European CD single'

# "In the Meantime" (edit)  4:31

# "Zeroes"   6:38

# "To Be a Millionaire... Was It Likely?" (live)  3:35

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



Release history



In other media



The song plays over the credits of Michael Almereyda's 1994 film 'Nadja'.

Mashup artist Girl Talk layered "In the Meantime" over the Terror Squad hip-hop song, "Lean Back" in his album 'All Day'.

An excerpt of the re-recorded version of the song is used as the opening theme to the VH1 television series 'Hindsight' in addition to appearing on the show's second episode.

The song features as a playable track in videogames 'Guitar Hero 5' (having been re-recorded by the band) and 'Rock Band 3' (in its original version present in 'Resident Alien').

The song is the opening music to David Spade's 1998 HBO special 'Take the Hit'.

The song is featured in the series premiere and season 1 finale of the Netflix show 'Everything Sucks!', the 2009 comedy film 'Fanboys' and an episode of the ABC show, 'Schooled', "CB Saves the Planet".

References




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