Playing with Knives

"Playing with Knives"
Single by Bizarre Inc
from the album Energique
A-side"Playing with Knives" (Quadrant Mix)
B-side"Plutonic"
Released1991
1999 (remixes)
Recorded1991
(Out of the Blue Studios, Manchester)
Genre
Length
  • 6:46 (Quadrant Mix)
  • 3:22 (radio edit / video version)
  • 3:19 (1999 version radio edit)
LabelVinyl Solution
Songwriter(s)
  • Andrew Meecham
  • Dean Meredith
  • Carl Turner
Producer(s)Bizarre Inc
Bizarre Inc singles chronology
"Bizarre Theme" / "X-Static"
(1991) 		"Playing with Knives"
(1991) 		"I'm Gonna Get You"
(1992)
Music video
"Playing with Knives" on YouTube

"Playing with Knives" is a song by British electronic dance music group Bizarre Inc. It was their second single released through Vinyl Solution (their fourth single overall), as well as their second single to be written and produced as a trio. It is also the first single from their debut full-length album, Energique (1992). The song originally reached number 43 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1991.[3] It was re-released later the same year and peaked at number four in the UK charts. In 1999, the song was released for a third time, charting at a peak of number 30.

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  2. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Bassline Changed My Life: Dance Music". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 674. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  3. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". UK Singles Chart. 17 March 1991. Retrieved 11 November 2016.