Song · Orbital
“Style” by Orbital
From the album The Middle of Nowhere (1999)
“Style” by Orbital appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1999 on the album The Middle of Nowhere. Its best result is #15 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #193 alternative song of 1999.
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Orbital built "Style" around the stylophone, the analogue instrument it's named after, which buzzes all over the track, and Paul and Phil Hartnoll released it as a single from The Middle of Nowhere in 1999. The main version samples Dollar's "Oh L'amour"; the duo also asked to lift part of a Rolf Harris stylophone demonstration disc and were turned down. Steve Sidelnyk plays drums and percussion, and Mickey Mann chips in extra production.
The single went to 13 in the UK, their fourth top 20 hit in a row. Every alternate version is Orbital's own: "Bigpipe Style" hands the main riff to bagpipes and samples Suzi Quatro's "Devil Gate Drive", and with Stereolab away on tour and unable to remix it, "New Style" became the pair's own crack at a Stereolab-type mix, with live bass from Andy James.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1999 | 50 |
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