"Operate" is a song written and recorded by Peaches and Sticky Henderson. The song was released as a double limited vinyl A-side with "Shake Yer Dix" to promote the release of her second studio album Fatherfucker.
| "Operate" | ||||
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| Single by Peaches | ||||
| from the album Fatherfucker | ||||
| Released | September 8, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Electroclash, dance-punk | |||
| Label | XL Recordings | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Peaches | |||
| Peaches singles chronology | ||||
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Track listing
edit- UK CD single[2]
- "Operate" – 3:28
- "Shake Yer Dix" – 3:32
Song usage
edit"Operate" has been used in movies Mean Girls and Waiting.... The song was also used in the American television series Las Vegas (episode title: New Orleans).[3]
In 2017, following the release of Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do", some commentators suggested that the song sampled "Operate".[4][5] Some speculated that the alleged sample was a reference to a Katy Perry tweet warning people to "watch out for the Regina George in sheep's clothing"; George appeared in the Mean Girls scene which featured the Peaches song.[6] For a time, music annotation website Genius listed "Operate" as being sampled in the Swift single.[4]
Writing for the Alternative Press, Maggie Dickman argued that Swift's song "clearly sounds like" the Peaches song, and also remarked that Swift's music video was similar to Peaches'.[4] In an article for W, Kyle Munzenrieder argued that the beat in Swift's song sounded similar but not the same, since it was "cleaner and more toned down".[6] In her liner notes, Swift credited a sample of the Right Said Fred song "I'm Too Sexy", but did not list the Peaches song as a sample.[5]
Charts
edit| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart[7] | 112 |
References
edit- ^ Henderson releases long-awaited solo CD Orangeville.com. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ Peaches - Operate Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ^ Peaches - Filmography IMDb. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ^ a b c Dickman, Maggie (August 25, 2017). "Taylor Swift's new song "LWYMMD" clearly samples Peaches' "Operate"". Alternative Press. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ a b Vain, Madison (August 25, 2017). "The internet thinks Taylor Swift secretly sampled Peaches' Mean Girls song". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ a b Munzenrieder, Kyle (September 6, 2017). "Taylor Swift's New Songs Keep Getting Compared to Old Hipster Hits". W. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ "Chart Log UK : Rodney P. - Pussycat Dolls". Zobbel. Retrieved 2010-04-30.