Song · Renegade Soundwave
“Biting My Nails” by Renegade Soundwave
From the album Soundclash (1989)
“Biting My Nails” by Renegade Soundwave appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1990 and 1991. It was first released in 1989 on the album Soundclash. Its best result is #50 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #145 alternative song of 1990 and #5,991 alternative song of all time.
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"Biting My Nails" was the dancefloor hit among the three singles Renegade Soundwave pulled from Soundclash, the English electronic crew's debut album on Mute. Flood produced it with the band, Paul Kendall engineered, and the songwriting credit, words and music, belongs to Geneviève Waïte.
Soundclash was stitched together over several years, and it sounds like it: a bass-heavy collision of hip hop, dub and rock, built from breakbeats, tape loops, prowling basslines and samples scavenged from all over, with lyrics that come at social issues from odd angles. "Probably a Robbery" was the one that cracked the UK top 40, but this was the one the clubs claimed. The album has since been cited as an influence on the Chemical Brothers and Leftfield, and the band followed it with a remix set, In Dub.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 50 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 205 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) | 302 |
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