Song · Squarepusher
“My Red Hot Car” by Squarepusher
From the album Go Plastic (2001)
“My Red Hot Car” by Squarepusher appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 2001 on the album Go Plastic. Its best result is #20 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #305 alternative song of 2001.
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"My Red Hot Car" came out on Warp in 2001, Squarepusher's crack at 2-step garage, and Tom Jenkinson, who wrote and produced it on his own, treats the genre's strut like a toy he can't wait to take apart. The single led with "My Red Hot Car (Girl)", the take that keeps the song's pop side standing, while Go Plastic got a stretched-out extended version.
Then there are the booby traps. The CD hides an ambient piece behind 23 minutes of dead air, and the vinyl stashes a percussion-free "I Wish You Obelisk" past a locked groove, so anyone who wants it has to lift the needle halfway through side two and set it down beyond the loop. NME made it Single of the Week the week it landed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 20 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001 | 50 |
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