"Grab My Shaft" is a single by Louie Austen

Louie Austen

Louie Austen is an Austrian classically trained bar and jazz crooner who has been active in the electronic music scene.-Biography:Austen was born on 19 September 1946 in Vienna, Austria....

 featuring Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 musician Peaches

Peaches (musician)

Merrill Beth Nisker , better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electronic musician and performance artist who lives in Berlin, Germany. Her songs are noted for disregarding traditional gender norms and their use of sexually explicit lyrics...

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Critical reception

Charlie Amter of East Bay Express

East Bay Express

The East Bay Express is an Oakland-based weekly newspaper serving the Berkeley, Oakland, and East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area...

 that the duet with Peaches results in a "sick triple-X South Beach dance floor anthem that manages to be both hilarious and sexual at the same time." Likewise, Louis Pattinson of NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

 praised Peaches' rapping and commented that the "extremely lewd" song was the "best of all" of Only Tonights tracks.

Track listing

• UK Vinyl, 12-inch single

1. "Grab My Shaft (Richard X
   Richard X
   Richard Philips, best known by his stage name Richard X, is a British songwriter and music producer. Gaining attention as a pioneer of the bootleg craze, Richard X has earned success as a producer and remixer. He has helmed hit singles for artists including Annie, Kelis, Liberty X, Rachel Stevens...
   
    Remix)" -
2. "Grab My Shaft (Original Mix)" - 7:13
3. "Grab My Shaft (Playgroup
   Playgroup (band)
   Playgroup is a British dance act. Basically the project of musician and designer Trevor Jackson, they were associated with the electroclash movement.Jackson has also performed under the names Underdog and Skull.-Albums:...
   
    Mix)" -
4. "Grab My Shaft (Fat Truckers
   Fat Truckers
   The Fat Truckers were a British electroclash band from Sheffield, comprising Ben Rymer, Mark Hudson and Ross Orton and briefly augmented by Jason Buckle and Ginger Dave as a part-time members....
   
    Bung Bung Hardcore Mix)" -
5. "Amore" -

Song usage

"Grab My Shaft" was included on the DJ mix album Lektroluv by Dr Lektroluv

Dr Lektroluv

Dr. Lektroluv is a Belgium born Electro DJ.He is known for his green mask and mixing using a telephone instead of headphones...

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Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak Position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	117