"Chinese Burn" is a 1997 song by the

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. It was the first single from their third studio album '' Come Clean'', and was released on 18 November 1997 in the US and on 1 December 1997 in the UK. This song is featured in the 1999 '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' episode, " Bad Girls", the '' La Femme Nikita'' TV show soundtrack, as well as the first theatrical trailer for the film ''

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''. In August 2020, Bandcamp premiered a collection of mixes of "Chinese Burn" that were originally recorded to DAT. These were mostly monitor mixes and instrumentals of the tracks "Chinese Burn", "Coming Up Roses", "Killer Baby" and "Dirty High". They were released under the title "Chinese Burn EP - Bootleg Series 2". According to band member Dean Garcia, "These are the original recordings and mixes from the 4 track Chinese Burn EP that we recorded and mixed with Steve at Moles studios in Bath just before we started the Come Clean album... These versions are all un-mastered (ie straight off the board) mixes we made at Moles. All of the tracks were subsequently remixed-reproduced/revisited and mastered for the official album release version on Come Clean by Alan, Flood and Tim Simenon to name a few. These raw off the board versions made by Steve have always been my (Dean) faves."

Track listing

UK version

#"Chinese Burn" (Steve Osborne mix) – 3:57 #"Chinese Burn" (Paul Van Dyk Forbidden City remix) – 10:38 #"Chinese Burn" (Lunatic Calm remix) – 7:35 #"Chinese Burn" (Witchman's Eye of the Storm remix) – 6:27 #"Chinese Burn" (Headcase Medipac remix) – 6:18 #"Robbing Charity" – 5:58 #"Come Clean" – 2:16

US version

#"Chinese Burn" (Flood mix) – 4:26 #"Chinese Burn" (Paul Van Dyk Forbidden City remix) – 10:38 #"Chinese Burn" (Lunatic Calm remix) – 7:35 #"Chinese Burn" (Headcase Medipac remix) – 6:18 #"Chinese Burn" (Witchman's Eye of the Storm remix) – 6:27 #"Chinese Burn" (Steve Osborne mix) – 4:52 #"Robbing Charity" – 5:58 #"Come Clean" – 2:16

Bootleg Series 2

#"Chinese Burn" (Moles M1) – 4:49 #"Chinese Burn" (Moles M2) – 4:52 #"Chinese Burn" (Moles Instrumental) – 4:49 #"Coming Up Roses" (Moles M1) – 5:33 #"Coming Up Roses" (Moles M2) – 4:36 #"Coming Up Roses" (Moles Instrumental) – 5:41 #"Killer Baby" (Moles Master) – 3:39 #"Killer Baby" (Unedited Moles Instrumental) – 4:07 #"Dirty High" (Moles Master) – 5:34

Credits

* Written by

Toni Halliday Antoinette "Toni" Halliday (born 5 July 1964) is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and occasional guitarist of the alternative rock band Curve, along with Dean Garcia. She was also a member of the bands Photofitz ...

and

Dean Garcia Dean Garcia (born 3 May 1958) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician, best known as a member of the alternative rock duo Curve from 1990 to 2005. He also released solo work and collaborated with many other artists. Biography Garcia was ...

* Produced by

Steve Osborne Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2, Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Do ...

and Curve and mixed by Steve Osborne (except "Chinese Burn" (Flood mix) produced by Tim Simenon/Steve Osborne/Curve and mixed by Flood/Tim Simenon) * "Robbing Charity" and "Come Clean" produced and mixed by Curve

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chinese Burn (Song) 1997 singles Curve (band) songs 1997 songs Songs written by Dean Garcia Songs written by Toni Halliday