Song · Goldfrapp
“Strict Machine” by Goldfrapp
From the album Black Cherry (2003)
“Strict Machine” by Goldfrapp appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2013 and 2019. It was first released in 2003 on the album Black Cherry. Its best result is #79 on the BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,721 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Strict Machine" comes from Black Cherry, Goldfrapp's second album, released on Mute in 2003, and for a slinky electroclash dance track it has a strange muse: laboratory rats. Alison Goldfrapp read a newspaper story about neuroscientists stimulating rats' brains so that the animals took joy in obeying orders, and the images got her thinking about the more human side of machines, sex and control.
She shares the writing with Will Gregory and Nick Batt. Goldfrapp produced it themselves, with Alison and Gregory on synthesizers, Charlie Jones on bass and Damon Reece on drums, while David Bascombe and Tom Elmhirst mixed. Actress Gwendoline Christie posed on the sleeve behind a rabbit mask, and words from the song later named the Black Cherry tour DVD, Wonderful Electric.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 79 | BBC Radio 6 Music | BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years | 100 |
| 2019 | 566 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
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