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Money / Kill Me

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.


Benny Benjamin

Among the Motown songs Benjamin performed the drum tracks for are early hits such as "Money (That's What I Want)" by Barrett Strong and "Do You Love Me" by The Contours; as well as later hits such as "Get Ready" by The Temptations, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" by Stevie Wonder, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Gladys Knight & the Pips and "Going To A Go-Go" by The Miracles.

Elin Lanto

Lanto first came to prominence after her performance of her song "Money" in Melodifestivalen 2007.

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

It has been re-recorded several times since then, in the album Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, (1994) by Gloria Estefan, in 1965 by Mel Carter, and it was referenced by the 1995 song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2.

The song gave title for albums by Mel Carter (1965), Johnny Mathis (1977), and Gloria Estefan (1994), and was later referenced by U2's 1995 song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me".

Rick Kirkman

He created humorous illustrations for advertising clients including America West Airlines, BIC Corporation, Campbells, Ramada Inn and Best Western; and accompanying articles in Parents Magazine, Money, Children's Television Workshop and Redbook.

Ripley Bogle

Zachary Leader in the London Review of Books compares the lead character novel to John Self and Charles Highway in Martin Amis's Money and The Rachel Papers: "Ripley Bogle isn't as good a novel as The Rachel Papers, let alone Money, but its author has talent and nerve".

The Tide Is Turning

It was released as a CD single that included a live version of the Pink Floyd song "Money", which was written by Waters for their highly successful 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.


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