Written and sung by frontman Tommy Scott in tribute to his late father, who was reported to dislike his son's taste of music, "Female of the Species" is a funky, upbeat Latin-flavoured number with feel-good sounding vibes and vocals reminiscent of lounge singers such as Perry Como and Frank Sinatra combined with keyboardist Franny Griffiths' trademark sound effects and Scott's dark humoured lyrics.
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The song's distinctive style and lyrics led to it being used in TV and films, including the theme song to the UK drama Cold Feet, the 1997 film The Matchmaker starring Janeane Garofalo, during the end credits of the popular movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (in the so-called 'Fembot Mix', available on the Original Soundtrack), and in the Daria episode "College Bored".
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It gained further popularity in the UK when used in a 1998 advert (with a cameo appearance by Quentin Crisp) for the bodyspray "Impulse".
Their debut for Gut Records, it is also the first single to be released from their debut album Spiders (though the band consider it to be just a "test" release and prefer the next single "Female of the Species" to be their debut proper), and their second altogether.
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