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Two Months Off

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Released
  
2 September 2002

Genre
  
Electronica, trance

Label
  
Junior Boy's Own

Format
  
12" vinyl, CD

Length
  
9:09

B-side
  
"Headset", "Tiny Clicks"

"Two Months Off" is the first single by Underworld from the album A Hundred Days Off, originally released in 2002. This track was one of the first songs that they released as a duo. The single peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 12 as well as number two for three weeks on the US dance chart.

Contents

The track contains samples from Don Airey's 1989 album K2.

A short spoken word vocal section can be heard above the track lead-in. The contributing artist for these vocals is Juanita Boxill, whose voice also features in "Little Speaker", track 5 of A Hundred Days Off.

Boxill is the namesake of separate Underworld single Juanita / Kiteless / To Dream of Love.

CD: Junior Boy's Own, JBO5020093 (UK) Part 1/2

  1. "Two Months Off (Radio Edit)" – 3:58
  2. "Two Months Off (King Unique Sunspots Vocal Mix)" – 8:17
  3. "Headset" – 5:58

CD: Junior Boy's Own, JBO5020098 (UK) Part 2/2

  1. "Two Months Off" – 9:09
  2. "Two Months Off (John Ciafone Vocal Remix)" – 7:32
  3. "Tiny Clicks" – 2:13

CD: Junior Boy's Own, JBO5020818 (SE)

  1. "Two Months Off (Radio Edit)" – 3:58
  2. "Two Months Off (King Unique Sunspots Vocal Mix)" – 8:17

CD: Junior Boy's Own, JBO5020813 (EU)

  1. "Two Months Off (Radio Edit)" – 3:58
  2. "Two Months Off (King Unique Sunspots Vocal Mix)" – 8:17
  3. "Two Months Off (John Ciafone Vocal Remix)" – 7:32
  4. "Two Months Off" – 9:09

CD: V2, V2A0009 (AU)

  1. "Two Months Off (Radio Edit)" – 3:58
  2. "Two Months Off (King Unique Sunspots Vocal Mix)" – 8:17
  3. "Two Months Off (John Ciafone Vocal Remix)" – 7:32
  4. "Tiny Clicks" – 2:13
  5. "Headset" – 5:58

CD: V2, V2CP 141 (JP)

  1. "Two Months Off (Radio Edit)" – 3:58
  2. "Two Months Off" – 9:09
  3. "Two Months Off (John Ciafone Vocal Remix)" – 7:32
  4. "Tiny Clicks" – 2:13
  5. "Two Months Off (King Unique Sunspots Vocal Mix)" – 8:17
  6. "Headset" – 5:58

CD: Junior Boy's Own, JBO5020093P (UK) promo

  1. "Two Months Off (Radio Edit)" – 3:58

12": Junior Boy's Own, JBO5020096 (UK)

  1. "Two Months Off" – 9:09
  2. "Two Months Off (King Unique Sunspots Vocal Mix)" – 8:17

12": Junior Boy's Own, JBO5020090 (UK)

  1. "Two Months Off (John Ciafone Vocal Remix)" – 7:32
  2. "Two Months Off (John Ciafone Vocal Mix 2)" – 7:00

12": Junior Boy's Own, JBO5020096P (UK) promo; V2, V2AB-27753-1 (US) promo

  1. "Two Months Off" – 9:09

12": Junior Boy's Own, JBO5020090P (UK) promo

  1. "Two Months Off (King Unique Sunspots Vocal Mix)" – 8:17
  2. "Two Months Off (John Ciafone Vocal Remix)" – 7:32

Appearances

A stripped down and slightly sonically reworked version of the song's bridge set the backdrop for the lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

A cover of the song Two Months Off by Techno Masters was featured in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2, a music video game produced by Konami.

It was also featured in EA SPORTS FIFA Football 2004's soundtrack.

References

Two Months Off Wikipedia
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