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“Danger! High Voltage!” by Electric Six
From the album Fire (2003)
“Danger! High Voltage!” by Electric Six appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2003 and 2005. It was first released in 2003 on the album Fire. Its best result is #17 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #137 alternative song of 2003 and #6,752 alternative song of all time.
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Electric Six came out of Detroit leering with "Danger! High Voltage!", the debut single that set up their first album, Fire, on XL Recordings. The song was older than it looked: the band first cut it in early 2000, back when they still called themselves the Wildbunch, a name they had to ditch once the Bristol trip-hop outfit that already owned it leaned on them legally.
The finished version, produced by Damien Mendis and Stuart Bradbury, is a strutting, sweaty come-on with Dick Valentine hamming it up out front and a falsetto answering him that belongs to fellow Detroiter Jack White of the White Stripes. The band insisted the voice was an auto mechanic named John S. O'Leary; critics weren't buying it. British fans bought plenty, pushing it to number two on the UK singles chart, and the NME made it Single of the Week.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 86 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 | 106 |
| 2003 | 17 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 | 101 |
| 2003 | 28 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1922 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1900 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1882 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: Danger! High Voltage.
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