"Faster Kill Pussycat" is the first single from British producer

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's second studio album, '' A Lively Mind'' (2006). The song features American actress

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's vocals and was co-written by singer-songwriter

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(former vocalist of British

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group

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). The title of the track is a play on the title of the movie ''

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''. "Faster Kill Pussycat" peaked at number seven on the

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in June 2006, becoming Murphy's highest-charting single in Britain. Outside the United Kingdom, the single reached number one on the US ''

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chart and number two on the ''Billboard''

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chart. It also peaked within the top 20 on the charts of Ireland and New Zealand.

Music video

The music video, shot on the rooftop of a parking garage in downtown

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, features

dancing with scenes of

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mass ...

as a DJ and a wild crowd. Directed by renowned music video director

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, it premiered on television in May 2006, and received airplay on

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and other music channels. It was also a pre-loaded video on

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Track listings

US maxi-CD single # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (album mix) – 3:14 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Roman Hunter mix) – 5:53 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (club mix) – 7:53 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Nat Monday mix) – 6:51 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Liam Shachar mix) – 7:28 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Eddie Baez's Future Disco mix) – 8:42 US 12-inch single :A1. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Roman Hunter mix) – 7:57 :A2. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (club mix) – 5:53 :B1. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Nat Monday mix) – 6:51 :B2. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Liam Shachar mix) – 7:28 US digital download # "Faster Kill Pussycat" – 3:13 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Roman Hunter mix) – 7:57 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (club mix) – 5:53 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Nat Monday mix) – 6:52 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Liam Shachar mix) – 7:27 # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Eddie Baez's Future Disco edit) – 4:36 UK and Australian CD single # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (radio mix) # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (club mix) # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Roman Hunter mix) # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Nat Monday mix) # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Liam Shacar mix) # "Faster Kill Pussycat" (hip hop mix) UK 12-inch single :A1. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Roman Hunter mix) :A2. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (radio mix) :B1. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Nat Monday mix) :B2. "Faster Kill Pussycat" (Liam Shachar mix)

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the UK CD single liner notes. * Paul Oakenfold – writing, production * Ian Green – writing, additional production, programming *

– writing * Brittany Murphy – vocals

Chart performance

Following the death of Brittany Murphy in December 2009, the song re-entered at number seven on the

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. The song also entered the

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on the same week, reaching number 13.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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