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, and the second single taken from their debut album Racecar Is Racecar Backwards. The song's title refers to Freddy Krueger, the horror protagonist from Wes Craven's slasher film ''A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film), A Nightmare on Elm Street'', but is misspelled. It was released in June 2004, and was the first release on XtraMile/Sony, whom the band had at last signed a proper record deal with. The single was released on CD and 7" vinyl format, and reached #53 in the UK charts. It also made the #1 spot on the Chain With No Name independent chart, and
Zane Lowe Alexander Zane Reid Lowe (born 7 August 1973) is a New Zealand radio DJ, live DJ, record producer, and television presenter. After an early career in music creation, production and DJing, he moved to the UK in 1997. He came to prominence thro ...
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single of the week. It was Reuben's first track to be playlisted on XFM and their first track to be played on
Mary Anne Hobbs Mary Anne Hobbs (born 16 May 1964) is an English DJ and music journalist from Lancashire, England. She currently hosts the BBC Radio 6 Music weekday mid-morning show, Monday to Friday, 10:30am1pm, and her ''6 Music Recommends'' show, Wednesday ...
’ Rock Show. It was also played on
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sporadically.


Track listing

#"Freddy Kreuger" #"Once" #"Glitterskin"


Personnel

*Jamie Lenman - Guitars, vocals *Jon Pearce: Bass Guitar *Guy Davis - Drums {{authority control 2004 singles Reuben (band) songs 2004 songs Xtra Mile Recordings singles Songs written by Jamie Lenman