"Spoon" is a song by

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group Can, recorded in 1971. It was originally released as a single with the song "Shikako Maru Ten" on the

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. "Spoon" also appeared as the final track to the band's album ''

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'' later that year. The song marked Can's first recorded use of drum machine coupled with live drums, an unusual feature in popular music at the time. The single reached #6 on the German chart in early 1972 due to being the signature theme of the popular German television thriller ''Das Messer'' (after

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). The single sold in excess of 300,000 copies. Due to the single's success, Can played a free concert at Kölner Sporthalle in

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on February 3, 1972. "Spoon" was featured in

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's 2004 film adaptation of ''

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''. American

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band

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took their name from this song, and Can themselves used the name for their own record label

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. "Spoon" was remixed by both

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and

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for Can's 1997 remix album, ''

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''. Elements of Sonic Youth's remix are sampled in

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's "Foreword" from his 2017 album ''

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''.

References

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