Juanita (Underworld song)
| "Juanita" | ||||
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| Single by Underworld | ||||
| from the album Second Toughest in the Infants | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Progressive house | |||
| Length | 16:35 | |||
| Label | Junior Boy's Own | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson | |||
| Producer(s) | Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson | |||
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"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.[1]
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.[citation needed] 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 Hyde’s 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."[2]
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.[3]
Track listing
Promo single
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Juanita (Promo Short Cut)" | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Juanita (Album Version)" | 16:35 |
Juanita 2022 EP
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Juanita 2022" | 12:23 |
| 2. | "Juanita (Everything, Everything Live Version)" | 12:35 |
References
- ^ "Underworld discography". dirty.org. Archived from the original on 17 June 2006. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ^ "The 10 Best Underworld Songs". www.stereogum.com. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ "Juanita 2022 - EP by Underworld on Apple Music". music.apple.com. Retrieved 2022-05-28.