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“Electricity” by Something For Kate
From the album Beautiful Sharks (1999)
“Electricity” by Something For Kate appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1999 on the album Beautiful Sharks. Its best result is #44 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #234 alternative song of 1999.
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"Electricity" was the first single from Beautiful Sharks, Something for Kate's second album, released in June 1999, and it's Paul Dempsey writing about his own restlessness. The frontman has said the song is about energy and speed: always moving too fast for himself, impatient that nothing happens quickly enough, with some 500 things he wants to be doing, and wishing he could get ahead of events as a pure pulse of current instead of being held back by flesh and bone.
The writing credit goes to Dempsey, bassist Stephanie Ashworth, on her first album with the band, and Clint Hyndman, and Brian Paulson produced, recorded and mixed it, with Matt Maddock assisting. The album around it traded the intensity of their debut for something sparser and more open, built on unusual chord changes.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 44 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 | 100 |
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