{{Infobox song | name = Rez | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] | album = | B-side = "Why, Why, Why" * "Cowgirl" | released = 1993 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Progressive trance]] | length = | label = [[Junior Boy's Own]] | writer = [[Rick Smith (Underworld)|Rick Smith]], [[Karl Hyde]] | producer = Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, [[Darren Emerson]] | prev_title = [[Mmm... Skyscraper I Love You]] | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = [[Spikee|Spikee / Dogman Go Woof]] | next_year = 1993 }}
"'''Rez'''" is a non-album track by British electronic music group [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]], originally released in 1993 in the UK. It became a popular club hit and live track in Underworld's sets, despite the fact it could not be found on an album. However, it did appear on many compilations, b-sides, and even appeared on a bonus disc for ''[[Second Toughest in the Infants]]'' (1996). The first promo release of the single was [[Gramophone record#Record mastering and pressing|pressed]] onto pink vinyl, and is highly collectible as it has an exclusive non-album track, "Why, Why, Why". The song's obscurity led to many [[Bootleg recording|bootleg]] pressings of the song before it was officially re-issued as part of ''[[1992–2012 The Anthology]]''. The more common release has the single "[[Cowgirl (Underworld song)|Cowgirl]]" as its b-side. This version also received a limited white vinyl pressing in the US.
== Track listing == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * '''12" / Junior Boy's Own / COLLECT 002 (UK) Promo Pink Vinyl''' # "Rez" – 9:55 # "Why, Why, Why" – 12:14
* '''12" / Junior Boy's Own / COLLECT 002 (UK)''' # "Rez" - 9:55 # "Cowgirl" - 8:30
* '''12" / Junior Boy's Own / JBO 13 (UK)''' # "Rez" - 9:55 # "Cowgirl" - 8:30
* '''12" / Junior Boy's Own / JBO 1001 (UK) 1995''' # "Rez" - 9:55 # "Cowgirl" - 8:30
* '''12" / Logic / Junior Boy's Own / LOC 188 (GERMAN) 1996 Promo''' # "Born Slippy" - 11:37 # "Rez" - 9:55 {{col-2}} * '''12" / Wax Trax! / TVT Records / TVT 8718-0 (US)''' # "Rez" - 9:55 # "Cowgirl" - 8:30
* '''12" / Simply Vinyl (S12) / S12DJ118 (UK) Reissue''' # "Rez" - 9:55 # "Cowgirl" - 8:30
* '''12" / Dance Train Classics / 541 / 541416 500462 (BELGIUM) Reissue''' # U2 - "Lemon" (Perfecto Mix) - 8:54 # Underworld - "Rez" - 9:55
* '''12" / I Love Techno Classics / 541 / 541416 501471 (BELGIUM) Reissue''' # Dave Angel - "Airborne" (Carl Craig Remix) - 11:39 # Underworld - "Rez" - 9:55 {{col-end}}
== Notes == * The text "CLOUD HAT REMEMBER THIS" is etched into the run-out groove of the COLLECT 002 12". * Unofficial bootleg remixes of 'Rez' / 'Cowgirl' by breakz DJ's 'Atomic Hooligan' were deemed good enough by Underworld's record label and led to their inclusion as remixers of "[[Born Slippy .NUXX#Born Slippy .NUXX 2003|Born Slippy .NUXX 2003]]" in 2003 * ''The White Island EP'' (CD & 2x12") by [[Salt Tank]] features a track inspired by Underworld's "Rez". "Rezmorize", as the name suggests, is an homage to Underworld's famous instrumental track. * Underworld's labelmates, Futureshock, were also inspired by "Rez"'s b-side, "Why, Why, Why", which is sampled heavily in "The Question", and was released on the JBO label offshoot, Fuju. * After hearing the song at a performance, [[Tetsuya Mizuguchi]] decided to rename his at-the-time work in progress game from K-Project to ''[[Rez (video game)|Rez]]''. The name stayed into its release.
== Appearances == * "Rez" appears on numerous dance compilations. * "Rez" appears on the 1994 Underworld EP ''Dirty Epic/Cowgirl''. * "Rez" appears in the film ''[[Vanilla Sky]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vanilla Sky (2001)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259711/soundtrack?ref_=tttrv_sa_6|website=IMDb|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref> * "Rez" was played in a nightclub scene in [[Alias (TV series)|''Alias'']]'s third-season episode "The Nemesis".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Nemesis|url=https://www.whatsong.org/tvshow/alias/episode/40278|website=Whatsong|accessdate=30 April 2023}}</ref> * A remix of "Rez" was played during the Athletes' Parade of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] in London. * "Rez" and "Why Why Why" appears on the bonus 8 cm disc on the re-released Japanese ''[[Dubnobasswithmyheadman]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|title=Dubnobasswithmyheadman|url=http://www.discogs.com/Underworld-Dubnobasswithmyheadman/release/901889|website=Discogs|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref> * "Rez" and "Why Why Why" both appear on Underworld's compilation ''[[1992–2012 The Anthology]]'' (2012). * "Why, Why, Why" appears on the compilation/magazine ''Volume 8'' as a 5:15 edit. * "Why, Why, Why" appears on the compilation/magazine ''Wasted – The Best of Volume, part 1'' as an 8:20 remix, incorrectly labelled "Change" on the cover. * "Rez" appeared on the closing sequence of Japanese television channel [[TV Asahi]] from 2003 to 2008.
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable" ! Chart (1993) ! Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]]) |align="center"|196 |- |align="left"|[[UK Dance Singles Chart|UK Dance]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-07-17.pdf |title= Top 60 Dance Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 17 July 1993 |page= 20 |accessdate= 9 April 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|2 |- |}
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