"Can U Dig It?" is a single by British band

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, released in 1989 from the band's second album '' This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!'' and it peaked at #38 in the UK Charts. The lyrics include a litany of references to movies, comics, music, and television. The

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in which a male voice is heard yelling "Can you dig it?" several times and the female voice at the beginning of the track saying "Let's get down to it, boppers..." were taken from the

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'' The Warriors''.

Music video

An accompanying music video was made for the single. It features

Clint Mansell Clinton Darryl Mansell (; born 7 November 1963) is an English musician, singer, and composer. He served as the lead vocalist of alt-rock band Pop Will Eat Itself. After the band's dissolution, Mansell moved to the United States and embarked on ...

and

Graham Crabb Graham Crabb (born Graham Charles Crabb, 10 October 1964, Streetly, Warwickshire, England), also known as Crabbi, is an English musician, best known for performing in the industrial/dance rock band Pop Will Eat Itself (PWEI). Biography Crabb is ...

singing the song against various changing backgrounds (many of which reference the song lyrics) while in other parts the rest of the band members perform the song with stacks of TVs behind them.

Track listing

All songs written by Pop Will Eat Itself 12" 7" CD

Charts

Personnel

Clint Mansell - Vocals
Graham Crabb - Vocals
Adam Mole - Guitar
Richard March - Guitar
"The Buzzard" - Wild Guitar

References

External links

* (official PopWillEatItselfVEVO channel) 1989 songs 1989 singles Pop Will Eat Itself songs List songs RCA Records singles Songs written by Clint Mansell Song recordings produced by Flood (producer) {{1980s-rock-song-stub