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's vocals and was co-written by singer-songwriter Kelli Ali (former vocalist of British

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group

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). The title of the track is a play on the title of the 1965 film ''

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''. "Faster Kill Pussycat" peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart in June 2006, becoming Oakenfold's second top-10 hit in the United Kingdom. The single reached number one on the US ''

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chart and number two on the ''Billboard''

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chart. It also entered the top 20 in Ireland and New Zealand.

Music video

The music video, shot on the rooftop of a parking garage in downtown

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, features

dancing with scenes of

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as a DJ and a wild crowd. Directed by Jake Nava, it premiered on television in May 2006 and was a pre-loaded video on

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's Zune.

Track listings

US maxi-CD single # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (album mix) – 3:14 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Roman Hunter mix) – 5:53 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (club mix) – 7:53 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Nat Monday mix) – 6:51 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Liam Shachar mix) – 7:28 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Eddie Baez's Future Disco mix) – 8:42 US 12-inch single :A1. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Roman Hunter mix) – 7:57 :A2. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (club mix) – 5:53 :B1. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Nat Monday mix) – 6:51 :B2. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Liam Shachar mix) – 7:28 US digital download # "Faster Kill Pussycat" – 3:13 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Roman Hunter mix) – 7:57 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (club mix) – 5:53 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Nat Monday mix) – 6:52 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Liam Shachar mix) – 7:27 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Eddie Baez's Future Disco edit) – 4:36 UK and Australian CD single # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (radio mix) # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (club mix) # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Roman Hunter mix) # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Nat Monday mix) # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Liam Shacar mix) # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (hip hop mix) UK 12-inch single :A1. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Roman Hunter mix) :A2. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (radio mix) :B1. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Nat Monday mix) :B2. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Liam Shachar mix)

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the UK CD single liner notes. * Paul Oakenfold – writing, production * Ian Green – writing, additional production, programming * Kelli Ali – writing * Brittany Murphy – vocals

Chart performance

Following the death of Brittany Murphy in December 2009, the song re-entered at number seven on the

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. The song also entered the

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on the same week, reaching number 13.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2006 singles 2006 songs EMI Records singles Maverick Records singles Music videos directed by Jake Nava Paul Oakenfold songs Song recordings produced by Paul Oakenfold Songs written by Paul Oakenfold