Silver Screen Shower Scene
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{{Infobox song
| name = Silver Screen Shower Scene
| cover = Silver Screen Shower Scene.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Felix da Housecat feat. Miss Kittin
| album = Kittenz and Thee Glitz
| released = {{start date|df=yes|2001|05|02}}[http://www.discogs.com/Felix-Da-Housecat-Silver-Screen-Shower-Scene/release/7862 Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen Shower Scene] Discogs. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
| recorded = 2001
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = House, electroclash
| length = 4:40 (Album Version)
4:00 (Radio Edit)
| label = City Rockers
| writer = D. Jenefsky, T. Lorello a.k.a. Tommie Sunshine, Felix Stallings
| producer = Felix da Housecat
| chronology = Felix da Housecat
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = What Does It Feel Like?
| next_year = 2001
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Miss Kittin
| type = singles
| prev_title = Frank Sinatra
| prev_year = 2000
| title = Silver Screen Shower Scene
| year = 2001
| next_title = What Does It Feel Like?
| next_year = 2001
}}
}}
"Silver Screen Shower Scene" is the first single from Felix da Housecat's album Kittenz and Thee Glitz. Co-written with Dave Jenefsky a.k.a. The Hustler, T. Lorello a.k.a. Tommie Sunshine, and Felix himself, it features French electronic musician Miss Kittin on vocals. Miss Kittin included the Laurent Garnier remix on her DJ mix album On the Road. The song melody is sampled from "Passion" by The Flirts.{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/526/Felix-Da-Housecat-Miss-Kittin-Silver-Screen-Shower-Scene-The-Flirts-Passion-(Special-Import-Remix)|website=WhoSampled|accessdate=8 December 2015|title=Felix da Housecat feat. Miss Kittin's 'Silver Screen Shower Scene' - Discover the Sample Source }}
Critical reception
Resident Advisor voted "Silver Screen Shower Scene (Thin White Duke Remix)" at #71 on its Top 100 Tracks of the 2000s.(2010-01-29). [http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1145 RA Poll: Top 100 Tracks of the 2000s] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612094200/http://residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1145 |date=12 June 2010 }} Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
Cultural impact
"Silver Screen Shower Scene" was used in the 2005 film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1747459/|title=Felix Da Housecat - IMDb|website=IMDb|accessdate=22 February 2012}} The song was also included on the compilation album GU10.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/release/687274|title=Various - GU10 (CD)|work=Discogs|publisher=Zinc Media, Inc|accessdate=22 February 2011}} In 2003, the song was included on the compilation album As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2. In 2003 this song was included on the soundtrack of the video racing game Midnight Club 2 and in the snowboarding game SSX 3. In 2004, the song was included on the soundtrack of the game The Getaway: Black Monday.
Cover versions
Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force covered the song for Big Day Out 04.
Track listing
- "Silver Screen Shower Scene" – 4:00 (Radio Edit)
- "Silver Screen Shower Scene (Adult. Remix)" – 4:25
- "Silver Screen Shower Scene (Thin White Duke Remix)" – 8:35
Charts
References
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