I photographed Space in the 90s during their tours and festivals. I was instantly taken by their music and natural talents. The original drummer, Andy Parle was exceptionally gifted. I ended up becoming friends with the band and hope to see them touring later this year. I went on to tour with The Coral and Maximo park. Both talented musicians.
This is such a perfectly written song. Nice riff on the vibes, catchy chorus without being annoying, and interesting lyrics. I can't imagine anybody disliking this song, yet these days there's so much shit being pumped out that only certain groups will like. I miss the days of where chart music was listenable for everyone and it was mostly pretty good.
Yeah, I mean the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Hendrix, Cream were good an that, but not a patch on Space. Why do people think they're the centre of the universe and there experience is everything?
@Debbie Brown: A lot of the indie bands were heavily influenced by the 1960's. The movie Austin Powers International Man of Mystery [ 1997] used it as well as the ITV drama series, Cold Feet [ 1999[ Pilot]- 2020 series is currently on a hiatus again ]. I miss both the 80's and the 90's.
I've been wondering this too! lol I think some of the accompanying instruments like the maribimba (I think?) sounds more 60s, yet the style of singing seems more 90s, and that's how it has this paradoxical feeling of having both :)
It's part of the 30-year gap. In the 80s, people were nostalgic over the 50s, with the revival of Noir films and Neo-Noir pastiches such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and remakes of films from the 50s such as Scarface. In the 2010s, people were nostalgic over the 80s, with the rise of vapourwave and new wave music. As such, in the 90s, people were nostalgic over the 60s. Ergo the homage to 60s films and shows like James Bond in the form of Austin Powers and The Saint getting revived for the 90s, not to mention cartoons such as Dexter's Laboratory being heavily influenced by 60s cartoons in terms of design.
maskull what like Eternal, Micheal Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, The Lighthouse family, Seal, Adamski, Tina Turner, Mariah Carey and so on music was one of the few industries where the was plenty of representation of most skin colours that wanted to be involved
It´s mix of cheesy melody, weird and also brilliant lyrics,... wow! the perfect combination that creates an imortal classic! What a song! Gotta love this.
@Tom F: The ITV Series, Cold Feet used this for their end titles for I think the first 2 seasons. Its still classic indie from the 90's-in fact its 21 years old and still sounds great.
Lyrics of this quality haven’t been seen for a decade or two. And the melody is sublime. It’s a 10. If you did only have one song- it may as well be this. The 90’s it had it all and more. Sure the 60’s were the bedrock of modern music, but the 90’s brought forth multiple genres that weren’t even born yet.
Probably it is mentioned somewhere....but this is the theme song of the brilliant TV series Cold Feet, situated in Manchester.. Cold Feet is still my favourite drama series. A brilliant script and superb acting. I have rewatched it many times, so the beautiful song has a platinum place in my mind. A highly original song for a highly original series.
This song was in my dream last night and I was humming it all morning thinking I’d made it up until I remembered it was an actual song suppressed in my memory for years!
This song has drifted in & out of my head for the last 25yrs.. honestly one of the most clever ever written. I think its fair to call it a perfect song.
I love living in the age of streaming music services. One gets to hear gems like this for the first time, many years after it's original release. What a great track.
This song is almost pretty in it's execution. After repeated listens, you look past is niche/kitsch qualities and absorb how really amazing it is. I'll always remember this track because of its extraordinary chorus...even back then it was something special.
The amount exposure this song got at the time back in 1996 was insane - very heavy radio airplay, frequent MTV / VH-1 rotation, they performed it on Top Of The Pops, it got a lot of love from ITV's The Chart Show too... It was featured in numerous TV shows and adverts (and possibly a film in that era too, although that I'm not 100% certain on)... And for its day it enjoyed an unusually long stay in the Top 40... This song was absolutely EVERYWHERE in summer 1996 - yet, to my astonishment, I've only just found out today that the song peaked at (a relatively low, given its massive exposure) #14 in the charts 😲 😮 ! I was certain it must have gone at least Top 5! The follow-up single, the re-released Neighbourhood, went three places higher at #11 later in the year, but didn't get half as much exposure as this song!
Lucky you. That was prolly only in the UK, cuz here in Los Angeles, I only heard it on the radio, max, like 4 times. I'd call in to request it, but they never honoured it. As a child, I couldn't by the album...
Just a timeless classic of which i never tire......superb. If there was ever a song that afer a few cans you can dance around the room on you own this is it.
Heard this on 88.5 The Sound at 3 in the morning driving home from Santa Monica on a lonley College Radio station, had completely forgot about this awesome tune.
To me, a great song takes you to another dimension instantly. This song does that with the trippy soundscapes and arrangement. I haven't heard another like it since
"Frankenstein and Dracula have nothing on you..., Jekyll and Hyde, join the back of the queue!" I'd completely forgotten this brilliant lyric since I first heard this song 25 years ago. Blimey. Thanks for posting this!
Saw them live in Liverpool in 97' - I'd just turned 11. My first ever gig - my mum took me... I'll never forget it. I was amazed seeing people stand up down below us all the way through as I didn't know that happened at gigs. We've been muscly blessed in this city.
Still sounds fresh. Still a great beat. Love the uplifting feeling it gives. Everything is just a bit off kilter but that's part of its charm. Made my MP3 playlist on my recent trip to Bali after being reminded how much I like it by hearing it on some Tv show a few months ago (can't remember what it was).
Thank you ASDA supermarket (West Bolton, South Tyneside, England) PA system for reminding me & the shoppers of this gem of a classic 🙌😁❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
An old girlfriend turned me onto this album when it'd come out and I've loved it since. It just came to mind so I thought I'd tube it to listen for old time sake. Interesting sound, funny lyrics at times and a great album to crank in the car.
with age, i've realised how great of a tune this is. great instrumentation, and also lyrics. Space were one of a kind in their output in the late 90s and still continue that flex now, especially on the track 20 million miles from earth.
found it! took me for farkin ever, 2 weeks actually. scrolled through a grunge 90s playlist with 300 songs and finally a handy kroq playlist from 97 did the job. im miss ralph
This song played at the end of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. I never knew who sang it, though. Now I know. And knowing is half of the battle. :)
I read the words "the female of" then immediately remembered this tune. Like someone here said we in the 90s honestly were lucky because the music of ALL genres were top class films were classic viewing tv programmes were great the whole media is the polar opposite of today...
Female of the Species by Space is a very unique song that I was exposed to during my teenage radio listening years, I realize even more tonight listening to it again that I have yet to hear another song similar to this one of a kind indie-ish alternative rock ode to women.
There was these few years in the mid 90s where music was inspired by 60s lounge and it was glorious
OH, BEHAVE!!!!!
Perfect music to listen to in your local tiki bar.
Space, cornershop, cast, seahorses etc utter bliss
..and Mike Flowers Pop, The All Seeing Eye feat. Tony Christie and Divine Comedy
Indeed!
26 years later and this track still blows my mind.
Austin Powers International Man Of Mystery.
Settle down. It's a good song, but come on now.
And they are still touring also ;)
@@Moloko_b cool.
@Moloko_b They are, coming to my city in November
A solid 10/10 for this tune. Still sounding cool in 2022
2023 concurs.
The Austin Powers version is better
I photographed Space in the 90s during their tours and festivals. I was instantly taken by their music and natural talents. The original drummer, Andy Parle was exceptionally gifted. I ended up becoming friends with the band and hope to see them touring later this year. I went on to tour with The Coral and Maximo park. Both talented musicians.
The drummers dead
Halo, I'll be visiting Europe Dec-Jan 2024. any chance Space has concert on above dates?
this song is so shamefully underrated
I sing this song to myself all the time 💞😅💞🥰🤘
Counterpoint: if it could be forgotten about for all time it wouldn't be long enough.
its crap
Had this song on continuous replay while painting my sister's house. Really made the hours fly. One of the best songs of the '90s. Thanks, Space.
Me too..well actually my own kitchen and it was the entire album. This band is really underrated
How can you stand the same song playing in a loop for hours? Are you a serial killer?
This is such a perfectly written song. Nice riff on the vibes, catchy chorus without being annoying, and interesting lyrics. I can't imagine anybody disliking this song, yet these days there's so much shit being pumped out that only certain groups will like. I miss the days of where chart music was listenable for everyone and it was mostly pretty good.
These lyrics are stand-out, definitely, and not in a good way.
Blame the freemasons flooding everything
Most under rated songs writen
Don’t forget a great video too.
@@TrackerNeil not fond of the lyrics myself but the music is good.
Amazing Lyric "She wants to conquer the world completely, but first she conquered me discreetly". 90's Music Unparalleled in Any Age.
Yeah, but not for songs like this though. Utter garbage
Yeah, I mean the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Hendrix, Cream were good an that, but not a patch on Space. Why do people think they're the centre of the universe and there experience is everything?
because they can spell, and understand that "more deadlier" makes you sound like a moron.@@cityliving9265
@@cityliving9265 Their*
Don't be such a bitch, he just vibes with this song man.
God bless you though.
I like those lyrics. But... it does sound like something Russell Brand would say. Lol.
One of the best songs to come out of the 90s. I like to play this is LOUD as possible!
“Frankenstein and Dracula have nothing on you. Jeckyll and Hyde, join the back of the queue.”
Classic!
Sahh. Wah. Such a complexities of weaved storytelling.
Ta for the lyrics up. Best wishes 🎉
I never appreciated this song as a child but as an adult it hits hard.
This song is pure genius.
I miss the 90s.
Where has my life gone?
90s are special to many of us. I feel you.
pearljam619 Me too, life was easier back then and a lot more fun to be had.
I don't
such a chill song
How can a song sound '60s yet sound so damn '90s!!
No wonder it was in Austin Powers
@Debbie Brown: A lot of the indie bands were heavily influenced by the 1960's. The movie Austin Powers International Man of Mystery [ 1997] used it as well as the ITV drama series, Cold Feet [ 1999[ Pilot]- 2020 series is currently on a hiatus again ]. I miss both the 80's and the 90's.
Dad's he killed himself whyyyyyyyyyyy I play this all the time
I've been wondering this too! lol I think some of the accompanying instruments like the maribimba (I think?) sounds more 60s, yet the style of singing seems more 90s, and that's how it has this paradoxical feeling of having both :)
It's part of the 30-year gap. In the 80s, people were nostalgic over the 50s, with the revival of Noir films and Neo-Noir pastiches such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and remakes of films from the 50s such as Scarface. In the 2010s, people were nostalgic over the 80s, with the rise of vapourwave and new wave music. As such, in the 90s, people were nostalgic over the 60s. Ergo the homage to 60s films and shows like James Bond in the form of Austin Powers and The Saint getting revived for the 90s, not to mention cartoons such as Dexter's Laboratory being heavily influenced by 60s cartoons in terms of design.
George Harrison and Robert Webb...some of their best work.
The 90's was 30 years ago.
I feel old.
Come back! Music hasn't been as good since you had left us.
mainstream music was still mostly white then
Much less commercialised music, when people could write their onw music and wasn't about how good you looked, but how good you sound.
Flóki Vilgerðarson so true
I miss the 90's too.
maskull what like Eternal, Micheal Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, The Lighthouse family, Seal, Adamski, Tina Turner, Mariah Carey and so on music was one of the few industries where the was plenty of representation of most skin colours that wanted to be involved
It´s mix of cheesy melody, weird and also brilliant lyrics,... wow! the perfect combination that creates an imortal classic! What a song! Gotta love this.
Another fantastic Liverpool band..Tommy Scott what a genius.
A classic lost in the sands of time..
Aren't we all ?
Tom F This might be due to 1996 been a wash with so many 90's classics been played daily. we were spoilt back then!
Yep. One of the pop songs of the decade. So original.
@Tom F: The ITV Series, Cold Feet used this for their end titles for I think the first 2 seasons. Its still classic indie from the 90's-in fact its 21 years old and still sounds great.
Tom F say that again sad thay got lost
The lyrics for this song are amazing
Lyrics of this quality haven’t been seen for a decade or two. And the melody is sublime. It’s a 10. If you did only have one song- it may as well be this. The 90’s it had it all and more. Sure the 60’s were the bedrock of modern music, but the 90’s brought forth multiple genres that weren’t even born yet.
Lyrics and mainstream music in general have fallen away noticeably in the last 10 years.
I think we can all agree here that certain decades are good for music. Last 15-20 has been terrible.
One song ? Neighbourhood was big too
Have you noticed how many styles of music have this song? it is wonderfully eclectic!
I miss the cool vibe of the 90's everyday.
Me too, more each day. And I miss the hope of those times.
I don’t have many memories of being 4-5 years old, but this song definitely is one of them!
Probably it is mentioned somewhere....but this is the theme song of the brilliant TV series Cold Feet, situated in Manchester..
Cold Feet is still my favourite drama series. A brilliant script and superb acting.
I have rewatched it many times, so the beautiful song has a platinum place in my mind. A highly original song for a highly original series.
Yes was an amazing series
Last series was pants
I agree.
25+ years and still such a fucking bop
This song needs more views
This was my ringtone and my alarm for years, I wouldn't arise from bed and be late all the time, thanks to this song. Thanks Space.
This song was in my dream last night and I was humming it all morning thinking I’d made it up until I remembered it was an actual song suppressed in my memory for years!
Today I woke up with it in my head. Had to listen to it.
The song pops up in my head every once in awhile so I have to come back again and again 😂😂
The 90s were something else 😄💗💗💗💗
Definitely a lost gem from 1996
if I ever get married, this will be my first dance track
travis7691 this is my plan too 😂
And when u get divorced too 😂
Lol i did
It’s 2020. Did you ever use it??
@@rezaperdanaputra what use it as a wedding track or a divorce track : l
This song has drifted in & out of my head for the last 25yrs.. honestly one of the most clever ever written. I think its fair to call it a perfect song.
I love living in the age of streaming music services. One gets to hear gems like this for the first time, many years after it's original release. What a great track.
2019 still listening to this banger
same here
OG
Absolute fucking banger. Underrated as hell.
Hakai Uchiha 2020 baby
indeed. 2021 still jamin
Great song. Atmospheric enough to be the theme of a James Bond movie!
All scousers too...Daniel Craig and the space lads all from Liverpool
Was in a Austin Powers movie 🤷🏻♀️
@@paulwilliams2663 THey are from LIverpool? Is that why the lead singer looks so much like George Harrison circa 1966?
Wow just thinking that 2024
This song is almost pretty in it's execution. After repeated listens, you look past is niche/kitsch qualities and absorb how really amazing it is. I'll always remember this track because of its extraordinary chorus...even back then it was something special.
The opening hook, for a start, is very pretty. Some kind of synthesised marimba sound.
The entire album was that way. I never understood why it wasn't more popular. Check out Diary of a Wimp.
@@etiennedegaulle3817 What is that?
it always reminded me of a schmaltzy old Alice cooper song .... which is a good thing!!!
The amount exposure this song got at the time back in 1996 was insane - very heavy radio airplay, frequent MTV / VH-1 rotation, they performed it on Top Of The Pops, it got a lot of love from ITV's The Chart Show too... It was featured in numerous TV shows and adverts (and possibly a film in that era too, although that I'm not 100% certain on)... And for its day it enjoyed an unusually long stay in the Top 40... This song was absolutely EVERYWHERE in summer 1996 - yet, to my astonishment, I've only just found out today that the song peaked at (a relatively low, given its massive exposure) #14 in the charts 😲 😮 ! I was certain it must have gone at least Top 5! The follow-up single, the re-released Neighbourhood, went three places higher at #11 later in the year, but didn't get half as much exposure as this song!
Lucky you. That was prolly only in the UK, cuz here in Los Angeles, I only heard it on the radio, max, like 4 times.
I'd call in to request it, but they never honoured it.
As a child, I couldn't by the album...
Song sucks
@@timolean5846 - no, your opinion sucks though 🤷
It's played in the credits in Austin powers from that time period
We had an alternative station in Oklahoma that played the hell out of this song back then. I never knew it was a British band.
Just a timeless classic of which i never tire......superb. If there was ever a song that afer a few cans you can dance around the room on you own this is it.
I heard it on the radio back in 1990 on an Alternative station that played the best music, and of course died in a year or two..
We saw Space tonight in Nantwich and they absolutely rocked the place. What a band!!!
I got into this song through Cold Feet Series. I miss 1998... :(
Same here, just loved Cold Feet 💖
Heard this on 88.5 The Sound at 3 in the morning driving home from Santa Monica on a lonley College Radio station, had completely forgot about this awesome tune.
I remember being 16 jamming to this on the radio at night driving to the beach.
@PurpleRose7777
Thanks 😃
I wish I could go back to those days.
Im jamming to this rn at 17 not at the beach tho :(
Formby Beach?
To me, a great song takes you to another dimension instantly. This song does that with the trippy soundscapes and arrangement. I haven't heard another like it since
my favourite song of all time
I agree with a lot of the comments, underrated big time, great tune.
"Frankenstein and Dracula have nothing on you...,
Jekyll and Hyde, join the back of the queue!"
I'd completely forgotten this brilliant lyric since I first heard this song 25 years ago. Blimey. Thanks for posting this!
the fact that every word in this song is TRUTH brought me here
Should have been a Bond theme
Absolutely!
I think it made it into Austin Powers…
I had forgotten about this song. 💯
Just discovered this song on my local radio station, and it is amazing
Talk about a flashback to my youth. Just watched Austin Powers and this song was on the credits. Almost forgot it exsisted.
Genuinely one of the best vocal melodies in popular music
Still sounding great in 2014.
It'll still be sounding good for years to come mate
cocainine1 oh yep.
Still sounding great
It’s now 2019! Still sounds great.
@@ClassicGuy57 yes. Sounds good in 2019
Wow.. Memories. Trying a dress on in Top Shop in 96 and this song came on! A sign for me to buy it!
a CLASSIC of the 90's...and there weren't many of them were there!!
(sigh) ...the classics never die.
Heard this playing in HMV last Saturday. Made me and my friend realise how long it had been since we last heard it. Great song :)
Iconic tune! Wonderful.
They were all out for a fall hike when suddenly one remembered "oh shit!! We're supposed to be filming that video. Let's go guys. No time to change"
A song that deserved a much higher video budget :P
Yet this video still looks several times more pleasing than music videos made on 10-million-dollar budgets 👌
Brit Pop bands didn't give 2 shits about the budget for their videos they cared about their music. The way it should be
I swear there was two videos for this song
The video is perfect as it is
I like it.
Saw them live in Liverpool in 97' - I'd just turned 11. My first ever gig - my mum took me... I'll never forget it. I was amazed seeing people stand up down below us all the way through as I didn't know that happened at gigs. We've been muscly blessed in this city.
Wasn't the royal court was it?? If so, I was there too. Can't remember the year 😅
@@terrilangley2073 it was the Royal Court yeah!!
A work of art. Just perfection
One of the greatest songs ever written
Still sounds fresh. Still a great beat. Love the uplifting feeling it gives. Everything is just a bit off kilter but that's part of its charm. Made my MP3 playlist on my recent trip to Bali after being reminded how much I like it by hearing it on some Tv show a few months ago (can't remember what it was).
80’s baby raised in the 90’s we da best generation 💯
Nah 70’s also
Thank you ASDA supermarket (West Bolton, South Tyneside, England) PA system for reminding me & the shoppers of this gem of a classic 🙌😁❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
An old girlfriend turned me onto this album when it'd come out and I've loved it since. It just came to mind so I thought I'd tube it to listen for old time sake. Interesting sound, funny lyrics at times and a great album to crank in the car.
The Liverpudlian wit got me
Tune such an underrated band of the 90s 2019 when I properly listened to them
this is the greatest song i completely forgot about.
which im still bumping
The female of the species can be more deadly than the male! True. Great band. Kay.
Im a strong Male XO
I'm a even stronger male than any female... got to love females such beautiful creatures
@@davidlamb2043 if you say so mate
Thanks kay
Heard the opening on Derry Girls tonight. Love this song
I randomly started singing the chorus today. Couldn't quite remember the rest. What a song. 👌🕺
with age, i've realised how great of a tune this is. great instrumentation, and also lyrics. Space were one of a kind in their output in the late 90s and still continue that flex now, especially on the track 20 million miles from earth.
Ahh! Space! fuckin loved them as a teenager. I demand this song be rereleased!!
found it! took me for farkin ever, 2 weeks actually. scrolled through a grunge 90s playlist with 300 songs and finally a handy kroq playlist from 97 did the job. im miss ralph
A great way to end the current series of Cold Feet, with the song featured in Series 1 😊
just saw this on 120 minutes the other day and it's been stuck in my head ever since. great tune.
This song played at the end of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. I never knew who sang it, though. Now I know. And knowing is half of the battle. :)
The other half is violence
Now that you know better you must do better
knowing is also the other 50% of the conflict in question XD
I read the words "the female of" then immediately remembered this tune. Like someone here said we in the 90s honestly were lucky because the music of ALL genres were top class films were classic viewing tv programmes were great the whole media is the polar opposite of today...
Classic song - hasn't dated like some other mid to late 90's stuff. Good stuff.
Elegant & truly beautiful song. Violins go hard.
This song made me feel like I was back college with teenage buddies
His style reminds me of George Harrison both in playing and singing, passed me by initially but i love this band and The Beatles.
You fail to mention that he also in appearance and manner looks exactly like Sir George’s doppelgänger here in this vid! Conspiracy-theory-worthy 👌
Still and always a cracking good song, though. Real music with a sense of FUNNNNZ 😃
There is so much Joe Jackson influence in this song...just drips with clever lyrics and melodic undertones
My only tape when I landed in re hab 1998 with a walkman a lovely lass gave me doing a straight rattle I knew every word on the album still do
Space are such a wonderful band! I remember this song coming out when I was about 7 and I still think they are excellent now...
Just watched Space live show. May 2023. Great band!
Singer is real down to earth. Fantastic tune. Great lyrics. Sounds like im back in time at a nice hideaway drink spot
2022 & its still a great listen.
It's kind of like the best of the 1920's mixed with now. Great song. I love the xylophone.
Currently going through Series 1 of Cold Feet on DVD and this song brings so many memories of the TV Series.
Ending new Cold Feet the way the old series Ended - Adam driving off with his son to this soundtrack...
Yay took me right back good tune
Great ending
Loved it then......
Love it now........
Can't believe this was 20 years ago......and the drummer passed away in 2009. LOVE this song!
That's sad, I didn't know the drummer passed away.
That's sucks. This is why I love the 90s
The black cat has also passed away
It's 6 years later, come listen to it again with us.
Love this melody.
This is a classic 90s tunneee sums the 90s up to a tee 👍👍👍👍
Female of the Species by Space is a very unique song that I was exposed to during my teenage radio listening years, I realize even more tonight listening to it again that I have yet to hear another song similar to this one of a kind indie-ish alternative rock ode to women.
The only other song that reminds me of this 60s/90s mashup quality is Edwyn Collins' "A Girl Like You"