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In 1995, Fraser called the collaboration "disappointing". She said, "I sang my heart out for eleven fucking hours on that record and all that is on it is something that sounds like a sample. It was good, but it could have been brilliant." Brian Dougans, however, has given an alternate story, stating
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An mp3 version of the single was premiered on 22 June 1994 on the New York–based internet bulletin board SonicNet. In 2014, after some verification, the single was given a Guinness World Record, certified as "the first internet music download".
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The original version of "Lifeforms" from the album of the same name is present as "Path 3", while the album track "Life Form Ends" from the album can be heard in somewhat remixed form as "Path 5".
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A 2:50 edit of "Path 4" was used as a radio edit and for the promotional video for the single. It is this version that appears on the commercial compilation album
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on 1 August 1994. It is the second single from their 1994 album,
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Written by The Future Sound of London and Elizabeth Fraser.
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The Future Sound of London
Lifeforms
London
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Astralwerks
Songwriter(s)
Elizabeth Fraser
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The Future Sound of London
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Virgin Records

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