Sing It Back

"Sing It Back"
Single by Moloko
from the album I Am Not a Doctor and Things to Make and Do
Released	8 March 1999 (1999-03-08)[1]
Genre	Electronic, pop[2]
Length	4:24 (album version) 4:38 (Boris Musical mix edit)
Label	Echo
Songwriter(s)	Róisín Murphy Mark Brydon
Producer(s)	Moloko Boris Dlugosch (remix)
Moloko singles chronology
"The Flipside" (1998) "Sing It Back" (1999) "The Time Is Now" (2000)
Music video
"Sing It Back" on YouTube
Audio sample
Moloko – "Sing It Back" (single version) file help

"Sing It Back" is a song written and performed by Irish-English electronic music duo Moloko (Róisín Murphy and Mark Brydon). It first appeared in its original version on Moloko's second album, I Am Not a Doctor (1998); it was released as a single on 8 March 1999, reaching number 45 on the UK Singles Chart. The song experienced chart success after it was remixed by DJ Boris Dlugosch, peaking at number four in the UK in September 1999. Murphy had started writing the lyrics while clubbing in New York City,^[3] and knew the song was at heart a dance track, but the group wanted to record it in a different artistic fashion for its album version.

Together with their record company they commissioned mixes by Todd Terry (who had turned Everything But the Girl's "Missing" into an international club anthem). Moloko was not satisfied with the Terry mix and had to convince their label Echo Records to put out the Dlugosch version instead. The remixed version was eventually featured on over 100 compilations. It was later added on Moloko's third album, Things to Make and Do, after hitting the top ten on the UK Singles Chart. In 1999 it reached number one on the US dance chart. As a form of barter for the remix, Moloko vocalist Róisín Murphy later co-wrote and appeared on Dlugosch's "Never Enough" single, starring in the video for that release as well.