Wind It Up (Rewound)
{{Short description|1993 single by the Prodigy}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Wind It Up (Rewound)
| cover = Wind it up.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Prodigy
| album = Experience Expanded
| released = {{start date|1993|4|5|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=17|date=3 April 1993}}
| recorded = Essex, England
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:29 (The Rewound edit)
| label = XL
| writer = Liam Howlett
| producer = Liam Howlett
| prev_title = Out of Space
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = One Love
| next_year = 1993
}}
"Wind It Up (Rewound)" is a song by British electronica act the Prodigy, released as their fifth single on 5 April 1993. A remix of "Wind It Up", it is significantly different from the version featured on their debut album, Experience (1992), though does appear on CD2 of the Experience Expanded special edition. B-side "We Are the Ruffest" features a sped-up banjo riff. The Elektra Records version of the single in the United States was never re-released as some of the previous singles were, making it a rarity and much sought after. The Elektra version also exclusively contained four remixes never released on any other work by the band.
Critical reception
Andy Beevers from Music Week gave "Wind It Up (Rewound)" four out of five, writing, "Yet another track from their debut LP makes it on to the single format. It comes in remixed form with a new, similarly hard and fast breakbeat ragga rave tune, "We Are the Ruffest", plus a new mix of the more experimental "Weather Experience". The Prodigy should have enough support to take this chartwards but they will need to follow it with something fresher."{{cite magazine|first= Andy |last= Beevers |title= Market Preview: Dance |magazine= Music Week |date= 3 April 1993 |page= 20 |access-date= 25 March 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-04-03.pdf}} Roger Morton from NME commented, "They've had the pop hit with "Charly" and the successful inventiveness of "Out of Space". So it's a shame that this burst of breakbeat overload, sucking noise, piano riffs and sped-up vocals sounds so, well, predictable."{{cite magazine|first=Roger|last=Morton|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52844026528/|title=Singles|work=NME|date=3 April 1993|page=18|access-date=5 May 2023}} Pete Stanton from Smash Hits rated the song two out of five, adding, "'Wind It Up' does wind you up really. It's like one of those Duracell teddies that bangs a drum for ever and ever and..."{{cite magazine|first=Pete|last=Stanton|title=New Singles|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/52542482351/in/album-72177720304194160/|work=Smash Hits|date=31 March 1993|page=51|accessdate=9 December 2022}}
Music video
The accompanying music video for the song features the band again on tour in the United States, as in the "Everybody in the Place" video, but this time on the West Coast. There is footage showing local flavour, the band in concert and on the beach.
Track listings
7-inch single
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Liam Howlett
| title1 = Wind It Up
| note1 = The Rewound edit
| length1 = 3:29
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title2 = We Are the Ruffest
| length2 = 5:30
}}
12-inch single
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing =
| title1 = Wind It Up (Rewound)
| length1 = 6:15
| title2 = We Are the Ruffest
| length2 = 5:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title3 = Weather Experience
| note3 = Top Buzz remix
| length3 = 6:45
}}
CD single
{{Track listing
| headline =
| all_writing =
| title1 = Wind It Up
| note1 = The Rewound edit
| length1 = 3:29
| title2 = We Are the Ruffest
| length2 = 5:19
| title3 = Weather Experience
| note3 = Top Buzz remix
| length3 = 6:54
| title4 = Wind It Up (Rewound)
| length4 = 6:21
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Elektra CD single
| all_writing =
| title1 = Wind It Up
| note1 = The Rewound edit
| length1 = 3:29
| title2 = Wind It Up (Tightly Wound)
| length2 = 6:03
| title3 = Wind It Up (Forward Wind)
| length3 = 5:57
| title4 = Wind It Up (Unwind)
| length4 = 5:38
| title5 = We Are the Ruffest
| length5 = 5:30
| title6 = Weather Experience
| note6 = Top Buzz remix
| length6 = 6:45
| title7 = Wind It Up (Bonus Beats)
| length7 = 1:57
}}
Elektra CD single: Track 2, 3, 4 and 7 remixed by Tony Garcia and Guido Osorio.
Charts
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|12096|Wind It Up (Rewound)|type=single}}
{{The Prodigy}}
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