Spybreak!

"Spybreak!"
Single by Propellerheads
from the album Decksandrumsandrockandroll
Released1997 (1997)
GenreBig beat
Length4:04 (Short One)
6:58 (Long One)
LabelWall of Sound
Composer(s)Alex Gifford
Propellerheads singles chronology
"Take California"
(1996)
"Spybreak!"
(1997)
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
(1997)

"Spybreak!" is a 1997 single by the British big beat group Propellerheads from their album, Decksandrumsandrockandroll, which was released in two versions; "Spybreak! (Long One)" and "Spybreak! (Short One)". The song spent one week in the UK Top 40 in May 1997.[1]

Usage in media

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The song appears in the film The Matrix during the lobby shootout sequence,[2] and was included on the film's soundtrack. This song was also in the films Playing God and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, and in the TV series Malcolm in the Middle, Third Watch, and Spaced.

Track listing

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  • CD single 1
  1. "Spybreak!" (Short One) – 4:04
  2. "Clang" – 5:27
  3. "Velvet Pants" – 5:43
  4. "Spybreak!" (Long One) – 6:58
  • CD single 2
  1. "Spybreak!" (Short One) – 4:04
  2. "Props Got Mo' Skills" – 2:38
  3. "Take California" – 7:28
  4. "Bring Us Together" (Long One) – 6:32

References

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  1. ^ Top 40 Charts. Virgin. 2009. p. 743. ISBN 978-0-7535-2200-4.
  2. ^ Cenciarelli, Carlo (2021). The Oxford Handbook of Cinematic Listening. Oxford University Press. p. 713. ISBN 978-0-19-085361-7.