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Born Slippy .NUXX

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Released
  
1 July 1996

Genre
  
Techno, experimental

Format
  
12" vinyl, CD

Length
  
9:44

Label
  
Junior Boy's Own, Wax Trax!

Writer(s)
  
Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson

"Born Slippy .NUXX" is a song by British electronic group Underworld. It was released in July 1996 as a single and preceded in January 1995 by a release of the similarly named but completely different track "Born Slippy", which featured "Born Slippy .NUXX" as a B-side.

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"Born Slippy .NUXX" was released as a single in its own right in the wake of the 1996 Danny Boyle film Trainspotting, where it could be heard in the final scene. The movie stoked immense public interest in the previously little-known track, helping the single peak at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1996. The track became known as simply "Born Slippy" despite the fact that "Born Slippy" is the title of the completely different 1995 track – the Trainspotting soundtrack album prominently credits it as simply "Born Slippy", only in the inner liner notes does it more correctly list it as "Born Slippy (NUXX)".

The track also appears in Julien Temple's film London: The Modern Babylon (2012).

The track has since appeared on countless compilations, mashup records, and remixes. Due to its immense popularity, it has been played at nearly every Underworld live performance since 1996. In 2004, It was voted the 4th best dance track ever by readers of Mixmag magazine. In 2014, NME named it the 261st greatest song of all time. Pitchfork Media named it the 31st best track of the 1990s. The Guardian called it, alongside the Chemical Brothers' "Setting Sun", the "most experimental and sonically extreme hit [single] of the 90s."

Background

The band has stated that the pounding, relentless rhythm and shouted lyrics of the track were originally meant "as a joke", and the single received little attention. They have also said in a The Guardian interview that the song is intended to sound like an alcoholic's internal dialogue and that Karl Hyde was an alcoholic at the time. Underworld have claimed that the ".NUXX" name was inspired by a computer fault that added that suffix to the name of their working files.

As the original version of "Born Slippy .NUXX" was released on the "Born Slippy" single from the previous year, all copies of this single feature either an edited mix, an extended mix, or both.

CD: Junior Boy's Own / JBO 44 CDS1 (UK)

  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Extended) – 11:35
  2. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Deep Pan) – 9:58
  3. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Mix) – 6:28
  4. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Remix) – 8:09

CD: Junior Boy's Own / JBO 44 CDS2 (UK)

  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (short) – 4:24
  2. "Dark & Long" (Dark Train) – 10:23
  3. "Banstyle" (Alex Reece Mix) – 5:39

12": Junior Boy's Own / JBO 44 (UK)

  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Extended) – 11:35
  2. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Remix) – 8:09
  3. "Banstyle" (Alex Reece Mix) – 5:39

3x12": Junior Boy's Own / Logic / BMG Ariola / 74321-39599-1 (Germany)

  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Extended) – 11:35
  2. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Mix) [... remix] – 6:28
  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Deep Pan)" – 9:58
  2. "Banstyle" (Alex Reece Mix) – 5:39
  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (short ii) [... short] – 3:45
  2. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Remix) [... remix 2] – 8:09

2xCD: Junior Boy's Own / Logic / BMG Ariola / 74321-39599-2 (Germany)

This refers to the cardboard double pack.

  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (short ii) [... short] – 3:45
  2. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Extended) – 11:35
  3. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Mix) [... remix] – 6:28
  4. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Remix) [... remix 2] – 8:09
  5. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Deep Pan) – 9:58
  6. "Banstyle" (Alex Reece Mix) – 5:39

CD: Junior Boy's Own / Logic / Dance Pool / 663629-2 (Australia)

  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (short ii) – 3:45
  2. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Mix) – 6:28
  3. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Remix) – 8:09
  4. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Deep Pan) – 9:58
  5. "Banstyle" (Alex Reece Mix) – 5:39

3x12": WaxTrax! TVT / 8731-0 (US)

  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Extended) – 11:35
  2. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Deep Pan) – 9:58
  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Mix) – 6:28
  2. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Remix) – 8:11
  1. "Dark & Long" (Dark Train) – 10:23
  2. "Banstyle" (Alex Reece Mix) – 5:39

CD: WaxTrax! TVT / 8745-2 (US)

  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Extended) – 11:35
  2. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Deep Pan) – 9:58
  3. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Mix) – 6:28
  4. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Remix) – 8:11
  5. "Born Slippy .NUXX" (short) – 4:23
  6. "Dark & Long" (Dark Train) – 10:23
  7. "Banstyle" (Alex Reece Mix) – 5:39

Born Slippy .NUXX 2003

"Born Slippy .NUXX 2003" is a version of "Born Slippy .NUXX" re-released by Underworld to promote the album 1992–2002, originally released in 2003. New remixes were commissioned for this release, along with a new video, compiled by Danny Boyle of clips from his film Trainspotting. The 2003 version of ".NUXX" eschews the familiar synth melody and replaces it with a new piano part, with a chord progression that is present throughout the song, rather than at key moments, like in the original version. The finale of the full length 12" version features additional, rapidly arpeggiating piano and keyboard harmonies intersecting as the drum beat eventually fades away.

One of the mixes of the track is extensively used by TV Asahi for their station opening sequence.

CD: Junior Boy's Own, JBO5024703 (UK)

  1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 Edit)" - 3:58
  2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Atomic Hooligan Mix)" - 7:19
  3. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Paul Oakenfold Mix)" - 8:11

CD: V2, V2CP166 (JP)

  1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 Edit)" - 4:00
  2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 12" Edit)" - 7:01
  3. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Down Version)" - 4:53
  4. "Born Slippy Nuxx (London Elektricity Mix)" - 8:17
  5. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Paul Oakenfold Mix)" - 8:12

CD: Junior Boy's Own, (UK) promo

  1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 Edit)" - 4:00
  2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (London Elektricity Mix)" - 8:17
  3. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Atomic Hooligan Mix)" - 7:19
  4. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Down Version)" - 4:53
  5. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Paul Oakenfold Mix)" - 8:12
  6. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 12" Edit)" - 7:01

12": Junior Boy's Own, JBO5024706 (UK) Part 1/2; V2, 63881-27802-1 (US)

  1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 12" Edit)" - 7:01
  2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Paul Oakenfold Mix)" - 8:12

12": Junior Boy's Own, JBO5024700 (UK) Part 2/2

  1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Atomic Hooligan Mix)" - 7:19
  2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (London Elektricity Mix)" - 8:17

12": Junior Boy's Own, JBO5024706P (UK) promo 1/2

  1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 12" Edit)" - 7:01
  2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (London Elektricity Mix)" - 8:17

12": Junior Boy's Own, JBO5024700P (UK) promo 2/2

  1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Paul Oakenfold Mix)" - 8:12
  2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Atomic Hooligan Mix)" - 7:19

DVD: Junior Boy's Own / JBO8024709 (UK)

  1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Danny Boyle Video)" - 3:55
  2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 Down Version)" - 4:55
  3. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Original Version)" - 7:34

Second Toughest in the Infants: 20th Anniversary 4-CD Super Deluxe Edition: CD4: The Evolution of Born Slippy .NUXX (Various Versions Both Live & Studio) (2015)

  1. "Nuxx" (A1796) - 8:45
  2. "Nuxx" (A2221 UW Live (2 Sets) Leicester M Dog 94) - 12:33
  3. "Nuxx" (A4712 Live @ Zap Club Brighton Feb94) - 11:31
  4. "Nuxx" (A4733 UW Live Amsterdam Apr94) - 9:21
  5. "Nuxx" (Liquid Room 94 A2254 UW Live Liquid Room 2 Tokyo) - 11:31
  6. "Nuxx" (from A1825) - 6:11
  7. "Born Slippy .NUXX" - 11:48

References

Born Slippy .NUXX Wikipedia
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