"Cheat on Me" arrived in August 2009 as the first single taken from the fourth studio album by British

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. The song provided listeners with the first batch of new material from the four-piece incarnation of the band, with

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an addition the year previous, later finding release on fourth LP ''

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'' in September 2009. Recorded and mixed at Seedy Underbelly Studio in

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, California with producer

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, the song received additional treatment at British Grove Studio, London, United Kingdom.

Physical release

The song received a physical release in numerous forms, through two seven-inch records and a CD single, as well as digital download. Frequent band collaborator Nick Scott designed the sleeve, whereas Autumn de Wilde provided band photography for one of the releases. The first vinyl included a band photograph as an A3 poster, with the second a clear-coloured release. Catalogue numbers 'WEBB221S', 'WEBB221SX' and 'WEBB221SCD'.

B-sides

"Curse This English Rain" and "So Hot Now", the CD single and seven inch vinyl one B-sides, came from the same sessions as the rest of the album, with additional recording completed at Mastan Music,

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by Jeremy Wilson. "So Hot Now" went on to feature as a split single with Portland band

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in March 2010, with

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on guitar and

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on bass duties. The live versions of "Cheat on Me" and "We Were Aborted" come from ''Live at the Ritz'', an album recorded in Manchester on 5 and 6 February 2009 by Jim Spencer.Liner notes from "Cheat on Me" singles (London: Wichita Recordings, 2009)

Miscellaneous

The band released an accompanying video with the song, reaching number eighty on the British singles chart.

Track listing

Footnotes

External links

official band websiteofficial record label website
{{The Cribs 2009 singles The Cribs songs Song recordings produced by Nick Launay Songs written by Johnny Marr Songs written by Gary Jarman Songs written by Ross Jarman Songs written by Ryan Jarman