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Track four of Social Dancing, a 1999 single that reached 50 in the UK.
Bis, from Social Dancing (1999)

It is the fourth track at 2:29, produced by Andy Gill at Apollo in Glasgow, and was released as a single with a first release date of February 15, 1999 on MusicBrainz, on Wiiija and Shock, reaching 50 in the UK and 45 in Scotland. A video was made in 1999. Wikipedia says it contains a sample of the Mackenzies. Salon's Michelle Goldberg wrote that the denunciations of DJ culture on it seem silly given the album's electronic beats; we found no band comment on the song's meaning.

Setlist.fm lists 35 plays among about 182 setlists, fifth most played behind "Eurodisco" and "Kandy Pop" (48 each), "School Disco" (45) and "Kill Yr Boyfriend" (42). It opened every 2025 and 2026 setlist that lists songs, including the O2 Academy Oxford on October 18, 2025, Mono in Glasgow on April 18, 2026 and Barrowland in Glasgow on October 17, 2026. We cannot say whether our upload is the album or single version.

On stage

  • 2025-10-18, O2 Academy, Oxford Opened the set.

Sources

  1. Bis (Scottish band), Wikipedia
  2. Social Dancing (album), Wikipedia
  3. Bis, Salon (1999-08-16)
  4. Bis setlists, setlist.fm