hypersongs

Strawberry Fields Forever

The Beatles song of 1967 reworked over a Funky Drummer beat.
Candy Flip, from Madstock... The Continuing Adventures of Bubblecar Fish (1990)

The Beatles' song is credited to Lennon and McCartney. Candy Flip released their version on March 5, 1990 on Debut Edge, produced by Dizzie Dee and Ric Peet, at 4:09 as a single and 4:10 on the album, with "Can You Feel the Love" on the B-side of the first 12-inch and a Raspberry Ripple Remix on a second. The beat is a sample of James Brown's "Funky Drummer", with an overdubbed hi-hat and heavy reverb. It reached 3 in the UK, 1 in Israel, 2 in Luxembourg, 7 on the Eurochart Hot 100 and in Ireland, 11 on the US Modern Rock chart, 9 on the US Dance chart, 29 in Australia and 20 in New Zealand. Billboard's Bill Coleman called it a stroke of genius and Dele Fadele of NME a cheeky update; NME's 2014 list said it drags the original's murky psychedelia into the 90s by the scruff of its neck. Popdose's David Medsker found the Raspberry Ripple Remix low-energy and lifeless and preferred the DMC mix.

A Disco Mix Club remix from 2005 removes the beat and adds an interpolation of "Hey Jude" to the outro, according to Wikipedia. We found no covers of their version or samples, studio or recording date, and cannot say which version our upload is.

On stage

  • 1990-03-29, Top of the Pops Television performance.

Sources

  1. Strawberry Fields Forever, Wikipedia
  2. Candy Flip, Wikipedia
  3. 20 scintillating Beatles covers that stand up to the originals, NME (2014-11-17)
  4. White Label Friday: Candy Flip, Popdose (2008-02-22)