Korean Bodega

{{short description|Single by Fun Lovin' Criminals}} {{Infobox song | name = Korean Bodega | cover = KoreanBodegaCD1.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Fun Lovin' Criminals | album = 100% Colombian | released = April 26, 1999 | recorded = 1998 | studio = | genre = * Alternative hip hop * rap rock * alternative rock * trip hop * electronica * blues | length = 2:47 | label = Chrysalis | writer = Fun Lovin' Criminals | producer = Fun Lovin' Criminals Tim Latham (additional production) | prev_title = Big Night Out | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = Couldn't Get It Right | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|rmpXTBmOZoo|"Korean Bodega"}}}} }}

"'''Korean Bodega'''" is a single released in 1999, and was the final single taken from Fun Lovin' Criminals's second album ''100% Colombian''.

The release of the single was cross-promoted by an electronica version of the song arranged by Garbage, on which singer Shirley Manson performed a guest vocal for the refrain. The new version was part of a remix trade between both bands, where Fun Lovin' Criminals remixed Garbage's single "You Look So Fine" in reciprocation.<ref name="ylsfremixb-side">{{cite web |url=http://www.garbage.com/news/journal.php?uid=60 |title=03.12.99 Road Report Eight For '99 |publisher=Garbage.com |access-date=2009-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207202310/http://www.garbage.com/news/journal.php?uid=60 |archive-date=2009-02-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Single release==

"Korean Bodega" was released by Chrysalis Records on April 26, 1999, and was heavily promoted Garbage's remix, and the fact that Shirley Manson had contributed vocals to the remix. Released on two CD singles and cassette single, the Garbage remix featured on two of the formats, while the original album version on one. It charted at #15 on the UK Singles chart, the most successful single the band had released since "Scooby Snacks" three years earlier.

In the run up the release of Garbage's "You Look So Fine" single on May 24, Mushroom Records released promotional CDs to radio stations featuring both a radio edit of "You Look So Fine" and the reworked Fun Lovin' Criminals version. Much of the print ads for "Korean Bodega" pointed out that "You Look So Fine" and the Fun Lovin Criminals remix would be released the next month, and details of Garbage's single was sent out to fans on both artists mailing lists.

==Personnel== *Huey Morgan – vocals, guitar *Brian Leiser – bass *Steve Borgovini – drums

==Track listings==

*'''UK Cassette single ''Chrysalis'''''

#"Korean Bodega" #"Korean Bodega – Aero Mexicana Mix"

*'''UK CD1 ''Chrysalis 7243 8 86985 0 4 CDCHSS 5108'''''

#"Korean Bodega – Aero Mexicana Mix" #"The Fun Lovin' Criminal" #"Big Night Out" #"Big Night Out" (Enhanced Video)

*'''UK CD2 ''Chrysalis 7243 8 86985 2 8 CDCHS 5108'''''

#"Korean Bodega" #"The Ballad Of Larry Davis" #"Sleepyhead"

*'''UK CD Promo ''Chrysalis CDCHSDJ 5108'''''

#"Korean Bodega (Clean Album Version)" #"Korean Bodega (Aero Mexicana Mix – Clean)"

*'''US CD Promo ''Virgin 7087 6 13669 2 1, DPRO-13669'''''

#"Korean Bodega (Clean Version)" #"Korean Bodega (LP Version)" #"Call Out Hook"

==Release history==

{| class="wikitable" |- !align="left"| Release date !align="left"| Territory !align="left"| Record Label !align="left"| Format |- |January 18, 1999 |United States |Capitol |Airplay |- |April 26, 1999 |United Kingdom |Chrysalis Records |2×CD single set, cassette single |}

==Comprehensive charts==

{|class="wikitable" !align="left"|Chart (1999) !align="center"|Peak position |- |align="left"|Scottish Singles chart |align="center"|11 <ref>{{cite web|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100; 02 May 1999 - 08 May 1999|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19990502/41/|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=8 December 2020}}</ref> |- |align="left"|UK Singles Chart |align="center"|15 <ref name=occ>{{cite web|title=Fun Lovin' Criminals – Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1212/fun-lovin'-criminals/|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://myspace.com/funlovincriminalsnyc Fun Lovin Criminals] Myspace profile *[http://www.last.fm/music/Fun+Lovin%27+Criminals/_/Korean+Bodega "Korean Bodega"] page at Last.fm

Category:1999 singles Category:Fun Lovin' Criminals songs Category:Trip hop songs Category:1998 songs Category:Chrysalis Records singles Category:Garbage (band)