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said: "The single “Bite Your Tongue” rocks harder and more buoyantly than his previous hits.". The song would also appear as a bonus track on the 2004 ''Daylight (Limited Tour Edition)'' CD and on the 2006 double disk album ''Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology'', released by

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(Also released in 2007 as ''Greatest Hits – Brighter: A Duncan Sheik Collection'', a single CD version.)

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, In an episode entitled "The Morning After" Sheik performed "Bite Your Tongue" as well as "Barely Breathing".

Track listing

#"Bite Your Tongue" (Album Version) – 3:55 #"Bite Your Tongue" (Modern Mix) – 3:55

References

{{authority control Duncan Sheik songs 1998 singles 1998 songs Songs written by Duncan Sheik Atlantic Records singles