"Mother Universe"
Single by The Soup Dragons
from the album Lovegod
Released1990
GenreAlternative rock, dub
Lengthvarious
LabelBig Life
Songwriter(s)Sean Dickson
The Soup Dragons singles chronology
"Crotch Deep Trash"
(1989)		 "Mother Universe"
(1990)		 "I'm Free"
(1990)

"Mother Universe" is a single taken from the Soup Dragons album Lovegod. The original version, "hinging on a Marc Bolan riff",[1] was initially ignored and regarded according to Rage Magazine as 'weird'.[2] However, after the considerable success of the album's second single, "I'm Free", Mother Universe was reworked to give it a similar feel, substituting a gospel-style chorus for guitar chords and adding various whoops and small elements of toasting.[3][4][5] The new version reached 26 in the UK Charts[6] and was later re-issued in the US backed by "Sweetmeat". Despite the latter version's greater success, lead singer Sean Dickson has stated his preference for the original version.

Cover Art

The original version featured a bowed headed Madonna figure in colour reversed reds.[7] The remix version cover art featured a stylised blue fly with orange wings.[8]

Track listing

UK downtempo promo 7-inch; 1989

  • Mother Universe 7:28[8]
  • Mother Universe (Mother Dub) 6:23[9]

UK, October 1990 Remix

  • Mother Universe (7" Version) 3:50[8]
  • Dream-E-4-Ever (Live) 4:05
  • Mother Universe (12" Version) 7:29

UK, October 1990 CD

  • Mother Universe (Love Dub)
  • 4-Way Brain
  • Mother Universe (Solar Dub)

US Release

  • Mother Universe (12" Version)[6][10]
  • Mother Universe
  • Sweetmeat
  • Softly

Canadian Release

  • Mother Universe (12") 7:30
  • Dream Forever (Live) 5:35
  • Sweetmeat (12") 6:14
  • Softly (Live) 4:16
  • Backwards Dog (12") 6:07
  • 4-Way Brain 2:33

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[11] 76
New Zealand (RIANZ)[12] 45
UK Singles (OCC) 26

References

  1. ↑ Encyclopedia of Popular Music quoted on Shockhound
  2. ↑ Soup Dragons interview, Rage Magazine, October 1990
  3. ↑ Rage Magazine's October 1990 Soup Dragons interview
  4. ↑ Original version
  5. ↑ Second version
  6. 1 2 Discoogle
  7. ↑ Discoogle
  8. 1 2 3 Single artwork
  9. ↑ Outlab Track Listing
  10. ↑ Track Listing
  11. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 3 November 1990. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "THE SOUP DRAGONS - MOTHER UNIVERSE". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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