Glokenpop

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"Glokenpop"
Single by Spiderbait
from the album Grand Slam
ReleasedJanuary 2000
Studio
  • Q
  • Sing Sing
Length3:19
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Phil McKellar
Spiderbait singles chronology
"Plastic"
(1999)
"Glokenpop"
(2000)
"Four on the Floor"
(2001)
Music video
"Glokenpop" on YouTube

"Glokenpop" (also spelt Glockenpop) is a song by Australian alternative rock band Spiderbait and was released in January 2000 as the fourth and final single from the band's fourth studio album Grand Slam (1999). "Glokenpop" peaked at number 80 on the Australian Singles Chart.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, the song was nominated for Best Pop Release, losing out to "Spinning Around" by Kylie Minogue. Janet English won the ARIA Award for Best Cover Art for the single's cover art.

The song is featured in the 2009 video game LittleBigPlanet for PlayStation Portable.[1]

Track listing[edit]

Australian CD single[2]
No.TitleLength
1."Glockenpop" (album version) 
2."Cracker" (Endorphin remix) 
3."Dinnertime" (Hardboiled remix) 
4."Glockenpop" (Slow Ectoplasm remix) 
5."White Trash Superstar" (Pound System remix) 
6."Jellybean Drifter" (Whitt remix) 

Charts[edit]

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 80

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format Label Catalogue Ref.
Australia January 2000 CD Single Polydor 156695-2 [2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Glokenpop Videos". NME. IPC Media (Time Inc.). Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b Glockenpop (Australian CD single liner notes). Spiderbait. Polydor Records. 2000. 156 695-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.