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Underworld - Born Slippy .NUXX
[Hook]
Drive boy, dog boy, dirty, numb angel boy
In the doorway boy, she was a lipstick boy
She was a beautiful boy and tears boy
And all in your inner space boy
You had hands girl boy and steel boy
You had chemicals boy, I've grown so close to you, boy
And you just groan boy, she said, "come over, come over"
She smiled at you boy
[Hook]
Drive boy, dog boy, dirty, numb angel boy
In the doorway boy, she was a lipstick boy
She was a beautiful boy and tears boy
And all in your inner space boy
You had hands girl boy and steel boy
You had chemicals boy, I've grown so close to you, boy
And you just groan boy, she said, "come over, come over"
She smiled at you boy
[Verse 1]
Let your feelings lift, boy, but never your mask boy
Random blonde boy, high density
Random blonde boy, blonde country
Blonde high density
You are my drug boy, you're real boy
Speak to me and boy, dog dirty numb cracking boy
You get wet boy, big, big time boy, acid bear boy
And babes and babes and babes and babes and babes
And remembering nothing boy, when you like my tin horn boy
And get wet like an angel, derail
"Born Slippy .NUXX" is a 1996 single by the band Underworld. It was preceded in January 1995 by the single "Born Slippy", which featured the ".NUXX" mix as a B-side. The band has stated that the pounding, relentless rhythm and shouted lyrics of the track were originally meant "as a joke", and the single received little attention. They have also said in a Guardian interview that the song is intended to sound like an alcoholic's internal dialogue and that Karl Hyde was a functional alcoholic at the time. Underworld have claimed that the ".NUXX" name was inspired by a computer fault that added that suffix to the name of their working files. The ".NUXX" mix was released as its own proper single in the wake of the 1996 Danny Boyle film Trainspotting, where it could be heard in the final scene. The movie stoked immense public interest in the previously little-known track, helping the single peak at Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1996. The track became known as simply "Born Slippy" by the general public, despite the fact that "Born Slippy" is the title of the completely different 1995 track. Indeed, on compilation albums such as Now 34, the ".NUXX" suffix is absent. The track has since appeared on countless compilations, mashup records, and remixes. Due to its immense popularity, it has been played at nearly every Underworld live performance since 1996. In 2013 Karl Hyde revealed that the initial inspiration for the lyrics were an incident with comedian Bill Bailey in a bar called The Ship on Wardour Street in London.
