Bug Powder Dust
{{short description|1994 single by Bomb the Bass}}
{{use dmy dates |date=March 2023}}
{{infobox song
| name = Bug Powder Dust
| cover = Bugpowder.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bomb the Bass featuring Justin Warfield
| album = Clear
| released = {{start date|1994|9|19|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=17 September 1994}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Hip hop{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/select.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216032033/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/select.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 February 2006|title=Rocklist.net...Select End of Year Lists}}
| length = 4:18
| label = Island
| writer = Tim Simenon, Justin Warfield
| producer = Tim Simenon
| chronology = Bomb the Bass
| prev_title = Keep Giving Me Love
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Darkheart
| next_year = 1994
}}
"Bug Powder Dust" is a song by English musician Bomb the Bass featuring the vocals of Justin Warfield, released in September 1994 as the first single from Bomb the Bass's third album, Clear (1995).
Chart performance
"Bug Powder Dust" reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart and was voted Select magazine's single of the year in 1994.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/select.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216032033/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/select.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 February 2006|title=Rocklist.net...Select End of Year Lists}} It also charted in Australia, peaking at number 34 on the ARIA Singles Chart in February 1995.
Music video
The accompanying music video for "Bug Powder Dust" was directed by British-born American actor and filmmaker Alex Winter and produced by Larry Perel for Propaganda. It was released on 12 September 1994 and is an Apocalypse Now journey up river in Belize.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-08-13.pdf#page=12|title=Promos In Production|magazine=Music Week|date=13 August 1994|page=12|access-date=8 June 2025}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1994–1995) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Australia|34|artist=Bomb the Bass feat. Justin Warfield|song=Bug Powder Dust|rowheader=true|access-date=7 March 2023|refname="aus"}} |
| scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=41|page=14|date=8 October 1994}}
| 78 |
|---|
| {{single chart|Scotland|26|date=19941001|rowheader=true|access-date=7 March 2023}} |
| {{single chart|UK|24|date=19941001|rowheader=true|access-date=7 March 2023|refname="uk"}} |
| {{single chart|UKdance|6|date=19941001|rowheader=true|access-date=7 March 2023}} |
| scope="row"|UK Club Chart (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-09-03.pdf|title=The RM Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=3 September 1994|page=6|accessdate=20 May 2023}}
| 45 |
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://sauna.org/kiulu/powder.html |title=Full lyrics with references |accessdate=17 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117175952/http://sauna.org/kiulu/powder.html |archivedate=17 January 2012 }}
- {{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Bomb-the-bass-bug-powder-dust-lyrics |title=More detailed and accurate annotated lyrics with references |accessdate=11 September 2024 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230102812/https://genius.com/Bomb-the-bass-bug-powder-dust-lyrics |archivedate=30 December 2021 }}
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Category:Song recordings produced by Bomb the Bass
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