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389:"Your Head My Voice (Voix Revirement)" is a remix of "Who Do You Think You Are", though the source material is unrecognisable in the mix, hence the different title. However, if one reverses the audio, the lyrics "Every day sees another scar, tell me who do you..." are audible. Also of note is the writing credits for "Your Head My Voice (Voix Revirement)" which list Stanley/Wiggs/James as composers, none of whom composed "Who Do You Think You Are" and marking the only time Richard David James/Aphex Twin would be listed as a co-writer of a Saint Etienne track. 31: 306:
she moves". The apparently meaningless title appears in the song's chorus: "Hobart paving, don't you think that's it's time, / On this platform with the drizzle in my eyes?" The title may derive from a construction firm called Hobart Paving Company Limited in the town of
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featured a cover version of the song called "Catch Me" (possibly to better match the movie's prison break story), released under the band name "Bandits". The "Hobart Paving" in the chorus was replaced by "Hold on, princess". "Catch Me" peaked at #42 on the German
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An alternative mix of "Hobart Paving", created for the single but ultimately not used, was eventually released on the
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A black-and-white music video was produced to promote the single. It was later made available on
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noted that one of Saint Etienne's "cast of characters", Hobart, "inhabit a lovelorn
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praised it as "an absolute gem", remarking its "magnificently eerie melody and
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12" – Heavenly / HVN 29-12P (UK) (UK promo. Labelled "Aphex Twin Remixes")
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viewed it as "being a fairly average track". Dave Simpson from
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The song describes an unhappy woman, using characteristically
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7" – Heavenly / HVN 29 (UK) (also available on MC (HVN 29C))
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on 11 May 1993 as a double A-side with the band's cover of "
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viewed it as "wishy-washy piffle (where's the SONG??)".
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Index


Single
Saint Etienne
So Tough
A-side
Who Do You Think You Are
B-side
Genre
Indie pop
Label
Heavenly
Warner
Songwriter(s)
Stanley
Wiggs
Saint Etienne
You're in a Bad Way
Who Do You Think You Are
Xmas 93
"Hobart Paving"
YouTube
Saint Etienne
So Tough
Heavenly Records
Who Do You Think You Are
Jigsaw
Candlewick Green
UK Singles Chart
UK Dance Singles Chart
surreal

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