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“Don't Mug Yourself” by The Streets
From the album Original Pirate Material (2002)
“Don't Mug Yourself” by The Streets appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2002. It was first released in 2002 on the album Original Pirate Material. Its best result is #42 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #399 alternative song of 2002.
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"Don't Mug Yourself" was the fourth and last single pulled from Original Pirate Material, the debut by Mike Skinner's project the Streets, arriving in October 2002. The credits give the Streets the writing, arranging, producing and mixing, but the extra voice belongs to Calvin Bailey, who by Skinner's own account was no singer at all, just his mate.
How Bailey got on it is a very Streets story. The night before he was due to cut it, Skinner still hadn't recorded it, so he cleared his head by going to see Monsoon Wedding. Calvin turned up with a bottle of rum, they emptied it in the cinema, moved on to a bar and got thoroughly hammered, and back at Skinner's place Calvin heard the instrumental and demanded a spot on it. It reached 21 in the UK.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 42 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 | 100 |
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