Neha Patil (Editor)

Connected (Stereo MCs song)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
B-side
  
"Disconnected" "Fever"

Label
  
Gee Street Island

Length
  
3:59

Released
  
September 1992 (UK) March 1993 (US)

Format
  
CD single CD maxi 7" single 12" maxi cassette single

Writer(s)
  
Harry Wayne Casey Richard Finch Nick Hallam Rob Birch

"Connected" is the title track and first single from the British group Stereo MCs third studio album, released on 5 October 1992. The song samples "Let Me (Let Me Be Your Lover)" by Jimmy "Bo" Horne.

Contents

"Connected" peaked at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. Internationally, it peaked within the top ten of the charts in Austria and Switzerland and peaked within the top twenty of the charts in the United States. The song appeared in the movie Hackers, starring Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller. Rob Lowe personally chose the song to be the theme to his programme Dr. Vegas (2004).

Use in other media

The song appears in the movie, Saving Silverman. It has also been used in commercials promoting the USA Network's program Burn Notice, and by The Carphone Warehouse. "I remember performing the track in late 1992," vocalist Rob Birch told Q. "The Brixton Academy was just around the corner from our neighbourhood in London, near where we recorded the album. We were supporting the Happy Mondays for their tour in the United Kingdom, and at that venue it was just amazing. The Connected album had only been out for a while, and we thought people were just starting to get into it. When we came on to the intro of the track, the whole audience was singing along to the tune and there was just an amazing vibe and energy. Everyone connected, basically."

Track listings

CD maxi – Germany, United Kingdom
  1. "Connected" (edit) – 4:05
  2. "Connected" (full length) – 5:16
  3. "Disconnected" – 6:06
  4. "Fever" – 3:15
7" single
  1. "Connected" (edit) – 3:59
  2. "Fever" – 3:15
12" maxi – Germany, United Kingdom
  1. "Connected" (full length) – 5:12
  2. "Connected" (reprise) – 1:43
  3. "Disconnected" – 6:04
  4. "Fever" – 3:15
12" maxi – Promo – France
  1. "Connected" (Future Sound of London mix) – 6:19
  2. "Disconnected" – 6:04
US promo cassette
Side A
  1. "Connected" (edit)
Side B
  1. "Step It Up"
  2. "Don't Let Up"
  3. "Ground Level"

References

Connected (Stereo MCs song) Wikipedia
(Text) CC BY-SA