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"Nancy Boy" is a song by Placebo, released as the third single from their self-titled album. It was released on January 20, 1997. It became their breakthrough single, reaching number 4 in the UK charts and making them known to mainstream audiences. As with their first single "Come Home", the single/radio edit (a.k.a. the 'Sex mix') is a rerecorded version, noticeably different from the album version. It was later released on the compilation album Once More With Feeling.
[edit] Track listings
- CD1
- "Nancy Boy" (Radio Edit)
- "Slackerbitch"
- "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
- "Hug Bubble" (Brad Wood mix)
- CD2
- "Nancy Boy" (Sex mix)
- "Eyesight to the Blind"
- "Swallow" (Desiner/U-Sheen mix)
- "Miss Moneypenny"
- 7"
- "Nancy Boy" (Sex mix)
- "Slackerbitch"
[edit] Music video
In the video for "Nancy Boy", the band is performing the song in front of a very multi-coloured background. The drummer's face is cut out of the whole video. The figures in the video have great distortion. There are also strange objects in the video, such as a fist with legs and a bathtub full of legs.
It was shot by Howard Greenhalgh, who portrays drummer Steve Hewitt with a blurred face because Hewitt was still contractually obligated to another band on a different label.
[edit] Charts
