# Born Slippy (Nuxx)

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1996 single by Underworld

"Born Slippy" redirects here. For the song by Albert Hammond Jr., see [Momentary Masters](/source/Momentary_Masters).

"Born Slippy .NUXX" Single by Underworld from the album Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture A-side "Born Slippy" B-side "Deep Pan" version Darren Price remix "Banstyle" (Alex Reece remix) Released 1 July 1996 (1996-07-01) Genre Techno experimental[1] Length 11:46 (original) 9:44 (original segued edit) 4:25 (short edit) 3:45 (short edit 2) Label Junior Boy's Own (UK) Wax Trax!, TVT (US) Dance Pool, Logic (Australia) Songwriters Rick Smith Karl Hyde Darren Emerson Producers Rick Smith Karl Hyde Darren Emerson Underworld singles chronology "Pearl's Girl" (1996) "Born Slippy .NUXX" (1996) "Juanita" (1997) Music video "Born Slippy .NUXX" on YouTube Underworld singles chronology "Dirty Epic" (1994) "Born Slippy" (1995) "Rowla" (1996)

"**Born Slippy .NUXX**" is a song by the British [electronic music](/source/Electronic_music) group [Underworld](/source/Underworld_(band)). It was first released as the [B-side](/source/B-side) to another track, "**Born Slippy**", in May 1995. The fragmented lyrics describe the perspective of an [alcoholic](/source/Alcoholism).

After it was used in the 1996 film *[Trainspotting](/source/Trainspotting_(film))*, "Born Slippy .NUXX" reached number two on the [UK singles chart](/source/UK_singles_chart). It was named one of the best dance tracks and one of the best tracks of the 1990s by numerous publications. For the 2017 film *[T2 Trainspotting](/source/T2_Trainspotting)*, Underworld created a new version with [timestretched](/source/Time_stretching_(audio)) chords.

## Composition

"Born Slippy .NUXX" features a "hammering" [four-on-the-floor](/source/Four_on_the_floor_(music)) [kick drum](/source/Bass_drum), distorted vocals, and "heavenly" synthesiser chords.[2] The vocalist, [Karl Hyde](/source/Karl_Hyde), wrote the lyrics after a night of drinking in [Wardour Street](/source/Wardour_Street) in [Soho](/source/Soho), London.[3] Hyde was influenced by [Lou Reed](/source/Lou_Reed) 1989 album *[New York](/source/New_York_(album))*, in which "Reed sounds like he's been sitting in a bar, writing down the conversations he heard", and [Sam Shepard](/source/Sam_Shepard)'s 1983 memoir *Motel Chronicles*, which comprises [vignettes](/source/Vignette_(literature)) that describe moments and feelings "with no beginning or end". Hyde began taking a notebook and a camera to document his environments.[3] He wrote about his [alcoholism](/source/Alcoholism) and hoped to capture the way a drunk "sees the world in fragments", in that only small portions of memory are retained afterwards, like a bin or "a little piece of street".[4][2] In the lyrics, he reduced himself to "a piece of meat".[5]

Hyde recorded his vocals in one take. When he lost his place, he would sing the same line repeatedly, creating the line "lager, lager, lager, lager".[4] The producer, [Rick Smith](/source/Rick_Smith_(musician)), said the lyrics reflected "this energy of movement, and of time and place," likening them to an abstract painting.[6]

The lyrics have been misinterpreted as a hedonistic celebration of drinking.[2] Hyde did not intend the song to be a "drinking anthem" but rather a "cry for help", and was disturbed when audience members raised their lager cans during performances.[4] As Hyde wrote the song while drunk, he felt its status as a "drinking anthem" was ironic.[5]

## Release

Underworld released "Born Slippy .NUXX" in the UK on 1 May 1995 as the [B-side](/source/B-side) to a different track, "Born Slippy".[7][8] "Born Slippy .NUXX" was used in the film *[Trainspotting](/source/Trainspotting_(film))*, released in February 1996 in the UK.[7] The director, [Danny Boyle](/source/Danny_Boyle), described it as the "heartbeat" of the film, capturing its "euphoric highs following intense lows".[7] Underworld initially refused permission to use it in the film, as they disliked how their music was often used in negative portrayals of [clubbing](/source/Clubbing_(subculture)), but Boyle persuaded them after showing them a clip.[6]

"Born Slippy .NUXX" was reissued as a single in the UK on 1 July 1996.[9] Boosted by the [*Trainspotting* soundtrack](/source/Trainspotting_(soundtrack)),[6] it reached number two on the [UK singles chart](/source/UK_singles_chart).[4] Smith was shocked when [BBC Radio 1](/source/BBC_Radio_1) played the track on [breakfast radio](/source/Breakfast_radio), and said: "I thought, music is moving, culture is moving, it's spreading. It's meaning things outside of just the context of on an amazing sound system in a club or on a PA system in a student hall. It was very nice!"[6] The reissue was released in the US in October 1996.[10] For the 2017 film *[T2 Trainspotting](/source/T2_Trainspotting)*, Smith created a new version with [timestretched](/source/Time_stretching_(audio)) chords, "Slow Slippy".[6]

## Reception

*[Melody Maker](/source/Melody_Maker)* named "Born Slippy .NUXX" the single of the year in December 1996, writing: "As a stomping club anthem, it whipped up a Shamanic, hedonistic frenzy — yet the lyrics, culminating in the "*Lager, lager, lager, mega-mega-white thing*" chant nailed everything about the Loaded, lads, birds 'n'booze culture of the mid-Nineties."[11] *[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)* gave it five out of five in 1996, calling it "an anthem for a generation".[12] The singer [Boy George](/source/Boy_George) reviewed the "Nuxx Mix" for *[Select](/source/Select_(magazine))*, calling it "brilliant" and writing: "Nice lyrics in a ranting, punky style. I like techno records that *swoop*."[13] [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) wrote that it was "simply one of the best slices of electronica one will find. Musically austere in its emotional textures, the song becomes a nearly unstoppable force ... Dance music is rarely so artistic and enjoyable in the same instance."[14] In 2017, *[Vice](/source/Vice_(magazine))* described "Born Slippy .NUXX" as one of the most iconic 1990s songs,[6] writing that it "mixed sublime synths with a [four-to-the-floor](/source/Four_to_the_floor) freakout, and represented everything that was going on; it was *new*".[6]

In 2004, *[Mixmag](/source/Mixmag)* readers voted "Born Slippy .NUXX" the fourth-best dance track,[15] and in 2011 *[Slant Magazine](/source/Slant_Magazine)* named it the 95th-best single of the decade.[16] In 2014, *[NME](/source/NME)* named it the 261st-greatest song.[17] In 2010, *[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_Media)* named it the 31st-best track of the 1990s,[18] and in 2022 they named it the 20th-best.[19] In 2015, *[LA Weekly](/source/LA_Weekly)* ranked it the sixth-best dance track in history.[20] *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)* named it the "most experimental and sonically extreme hit of the 90s", alongside the [Chemical Brothers](/source/The_Chemical_Brothers)' 1996 single "[Setting Sun](/source/Setting_Sun_(The_Chemical_Brothers_song))",[1] and among "the weirdest chart hits of all time".[21] In 2024, the *Guardian's* chief music critic, [Alexis Petridis](/source/Alexis_Petridis), named "Born Slippy .NUXX" the third-best Underworld song.[2] In 2022, *[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)* ranked it the 89th-greatest dance song,[22] and in 2025 *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))* named it the eighth-best.[23]

Smith said in 2017 "We’ve been playing 'Born Slippy' live for 20 years, and the reaction from the audience is so strong it's almost overwhelming. It's never got tiring to perform or play. It's what it triggers in people."[24]

## Track listing

Durations vary across releases.

1995 UK 12" single[25] "Born Slippy" – 8:57 "Born Slippy .NUXX" – 11:37 1995 CD single[26] "Born Slippy" – 8:30 "Born Slippy .NUXX" – 9:44 "Born Slippy .TELEMATIC" – 9:39 1996 US CD single[27] "Born Slippy .NUXX" – 11:37 "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Deep Pan) – 9:59 "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Mix) – 6:31 "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Darren Price Remix) – 8:11 "Born Slippy .NUXX" (Short) – 4:23 "Dark & Long" (Dark Train) – 10:24 "Banstyle" (Alex Reece Mix) – 5:38

## Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1996–1997) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[28] 20 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[29] 20 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[30] 4 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[31] 18 Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[32] 22 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[33] 7 Europe (European Dance Radio)[34] 25 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[35] 17 Germany (GfK)[36] 13 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[37] 3 Ireland (IRMA)[38] 5 Italy (Musica e dischi)[39] 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[40] 28 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[41] 30 Scotland Singles (OCC)[42] 2 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[43] 51 UK Singles (OCC)[44] 2 UK Dance (OCC)[45] 2 UK Indie (Music Week)[46] 1 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[47] 33 Chart (2012) Peak position Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)[48] 98 Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[49] 51 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[50] 73 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[51] 53 Germany (Media Control)[52] 81 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[53] 36 UK Singles (OCC)[54] 23

## Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales New Zealand (RMNZ)[55] Platinum 30,000‡ United Kingdom (BPI)[56] Born Slippy Nuxx 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡ United Kingdom (BPI)[57] Gold 400,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## "Born Slippy .NUXX 2003"

"Born Slippy .NUXX 2003" Single by Underworld Released 27 October 2003 (2003-10-27)[58] Genre Dance Length 3:58 Label Junior Boy's Own V2 Songwriters Rick Smith Karl Hyde Producer Underworld Underworld singles chronology "Dinosaur Adventure 3D" (2002) "Born Slippy .NUXX 2003" (2003) "JAL to Tokyo" (2005)

"**Born Slippy .NUXX 2003**" is a version of "Born Slippy .NUXX" re-released by Underworld to promote the album *[1992–2002](/source/1992%E2%80%932002)*, originally released in 2003. New [remixes](/source/Remix) were commissioned for this release, along with a new video, compiled by [Danny Boyle](/source/Danny_Boyle) of clips from his film *[Trainspotting](/source/Trainspotting_(film))*. This release reached No. 1 on the [UK Dance Singles Chart](/source/UK_Dance_Singles_Chart) during the first week of November 2003.

### Track listings

UK and European CD single[59] No. Title Length 1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 Edit)" 3:58 2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Atomic Hooligan Remix)" 7:19 3. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Paul Oakenfold Mix)" 8:11

European 12-inch single[60] No. Title Length 1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 12-inch version)" 7:01 2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Paul Oakenfold Mix)" 8:11

US 12-inch single[61] No. Title Length 1. "Born Slippy Nuxx (Paul Oakenfold Mix)" 8:11 2. "Born Slippy Nuxx (2003 12-inch version)" 7:01

### Charts

Chart (2003–2004) Peak position Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[62] 13 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[63] 12 Italy (FIMI)[64] 44 Scotland Singles (OCC)[65] 24 UK Singles (OCC)[66] 27 UK Dance (OCC)[67] 1 UK Indie (OCC)[68] 4 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[47] 9

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## External links

- "[Underworld – Born Slippy](https://www.discogs.com/master/47693)" at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) (list of releases)

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