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Tarantula / Fasten Your Seatbelt
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Wikipedia article
"'Tarantula'" / "'Fasten Your Seatbelt'" is the fourth single by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum. It was released on 27 June 2005 by independent label Breakbeat Kaos and was their second release with the label. While "Fasten Your Seatbelt" features production from The Freestylers, "Tarantula" features production from Fresh and vocals from $pyda, together with Tenor Fly from The Freestylers. It peaked number 60 on the UK Singles Chart.[http://acharts.us/song/9789 Chart Stats - Pendulum - "Tarantula/Fasten Your Seatbelts"]. 'Charts.us'. Retrieved on 18 August 2010. Both songs were included on the CD release of 'Hold Your Colour' a month later. "Fasten Your Seatbelt" samples a line from 'Spider-Man 2' where Doctor Octopus is firing up the fusion reactor for the first time ("Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts"), as well as the sound the reactor made when it was being primed.
Background
The song sampled a segment from the Discovery Channel series 'The World's Most Feared Animals'. This sample was reused in Centipede.
Track listing
These are the major formats and associated track listings of single releases of "Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelts". Both tracks were written and produced by Rob Swire.
'12-inch vinyl single, picture disc'[http://www.discogs.com/Pendulum-3-Fresh-Tarantula-Fasten-Your-Seatbelt/release/459865 Breakbeat Kaos :: BBK009A]. 'Discogs'. Retrieved on 18 August 2010.
:A. "Tarantula" 5:31
:AA. "Fasten Your Seatbelt" 6:38
'CD single'[http://www.discogs.com/Pendulum-3--Freestylers-The--Fresh-Tarantula--Fasten-Your-Seatbelt/release/497800 Breakbeat Kaos :: BBK009SCD]. 'Discogs'. Retrieved on 20 August 2010.
# "Tarantula" 3:25
# "Fasten Your Seatbelt" 6:38
# "Tarantula" 3:53
Personnel
The following people contributed to "Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt".
'Pendulum'
* Rob Swire songwriting, production, synthesiser
* Gareth McGrillen songwriting and production on "Tarantula"
'Other contributors'
* Dan "Fresh" Stein songwriting and production on "Tarantula"
* Colin "$pyda" Griffith vocals on "Tarantula"
* Jack Adams mastering
'The Freestylers'
* Matt Cantor songwriting and additional production on "Fasten Your Seatbelt"
* Aston Harvey songwriting and additional production on "Fasten Your Seatbelt"
* Jonathan "Tenor Fly" Sutter vocals on "Tarantula"
Charts
"Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt" entered the UK Singles Chart on week 27, 2005. It peaked at number 60 before dropping out a week later.
In other media
"Tarantula" can be heard in the episode seven, series two of 'Skins' when Effy, Tony and Pandora enter to the club followed by Sid's artistic scene. It is also featured in the soundtrack for the 2008 PS3 Racing game, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift. Fasten Your Seatbelts was played during Season 2 Episode 6 of Ideal during Mozs party.
References
Category:2005 singles
Category:Songs written by Rob Swire
Category:Pendulum (drum and bass band) songs
Category:2005 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by DJ Fresh
Category:Songs written by DJ Fresh
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