Lagartija Nick

{{short description|1983 single by Bauhaus}}

{{more citations needed|date=January 2015}}

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| name = Lagartija Nick

| cover = bauhaus_lagartija_nick.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Bauhaus

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| released = 15 January 1983{{cite journal|title=News|journal=Record Mirror|date=8 January 1983|page=6|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/43854591862/in/album-72157699935221465/|via=flickr.com|access-date=15 December 2020}}

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| genre = Post punk, gothic rock

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| label = Beggars Banquet Records

| writer = Peter Murphy
Daniel Ash
Kevin Haskins
David J

| producer =

| prev_title = Ziggy Stardust

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = She's in Parties

| next_year = 1983

}}

"Lagartija Nick" is a song by English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released as a stand-alone single in 7" and 12" format on the Beggars Banquet Records label in January 1983.

It reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

A version of the song was first recorded as "Bite my Hip" in 1979 at the band's first recording session where their first single was recorded.{{cite news |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=Bauhaus to Unearth Unreleased Songs From 'Bela Session' for 40th Anniversary |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bauhaus-to-unearth-unreleased-songs-from-bela-session-for-40th-anniversary-721941/ |accessdate=22 May 2020 |work=Rolling Stone |date=10 September 2018}} Murphy and Ash composed the song but did not develop it as the group thought it was too "simplistic". Later, Murphy and David J reworked it, incorporating references to the Devil ("Lagartija Nick" being an old Spanish term) and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.{{cite news |last1=Kretsch |first1=Ron |title=UNDEAD UNDEAD UNDEAD! DAVID J TALKS WITH DM ABOUT NEVER-BEFORE HEARD MUSIC FROM BAUHAUS |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/undead_undead_undead_david_j_talks_with_dm_about_never_before_heard_music_f |accessdate=22 May 2020 |work=Dangerous Minds |date=23 November 2018}}