Hug My Soul is a single by British band Saint Etienne

Saint Etienne (band)

Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...

. It was the third single from the album Tiger Bay

Tiger Bay (album)

- CD: Warner / 9 45634-2 :- CD: Heavenly/Sony / 01-475962-11 :- CD: Heavenly / HVNLP8CDDE :-Personnel:* Sarah Cracknell - vocals, snowboard, scaremonger* Bob Stanley - keyboards, wulfren, Scouse wit...

, and was released by Heavenly Records

Heavenly Records

Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" and 12" singles for...

. It was written by vocalist Sarah Cracknell

Sarah Cracknell

Sarah Cracknell is an English pop singer who fronts the band Saint Etienne and is known for her light, smooth singing voice. She is the daughter of Stanley Kubrick's first assistant director Derek Cracknell.-Career:...

 along with songwriting partners Guy Batson and Johnny Male

Republica

Republica are an English alternative rock band formed in 1994. The height of their popularity spanned from 1996 to 1999. The Republica sound was described by the band as "techno-pop punk rock"...

 (Male and Batson would help co-write a number of tracks on Cracknell's solo debut Lipslide

Lipslide

Lipslide is the debut solo album from Saint Etienne lead singer Sarah Cracknell. The album was co-produced by Cracknell and a variety of producers and released in the UK by Gut Records in 1997. Upon its release Lipslide earned favorable reviews from music critics, although it was not a commercial...

).

The single was released with three B-sides written by Saint Etienne's songwriting partnership of Bob Stanley

Bob Stanley

Robert William "Bob" Stanley is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played with the Boston Red Sox.Over his 13-year career, Stanley played only for the Red Sox from 1977-89...

 and Pete Wiggs

Pete Wiggs

Pete Wiggs is an English musician and DJ.-Saint Etienne:Pete Wiggs is a member of the pop/dance group Saint Etienne for which he co-writes songs, produces and plays keyboards on stage...

: "I Buy American Records", "Hate Your Drug" and "La Poupee Qui Fait Non (No, No, No)". The latter was produced by the band's friend (and future Heavenly label mate) Edwyn Collins

Edwyn Collins

Edwyn Stephen Collins is an Ivor Novello Award winning Scottish musician, playing mostly electric guitar-driven pop. Collins formed the musical group Nu-Sonics in 1976, which later became Orange Juice...

. A second CD featured remixes by Motiv8

Motiv8

Motiv8, a pun on the word "motivate", may refer to:* Motiv 8, alias of Steve Rodway, a Eurodance producer and remixer* Motiv8 , a warez group* "Motiv8", a song by breakbeat hardcore duo Altern-8...

, Secret Knowledge, Juan "Kinky" Hernandez and Sure is Pure. It reached #32 in the UK charts.

This would be Saint Etienne's final release for Warner Bros. Follow up single "He's On The Phone

He's on the Phone

"He's on the Phone" is a song by British pop group Saint Etienne in collaboration with French singer-songwriter Étienne Daho. A fast-paced Eurodance track, it is one of Saint Etienne's biggest hits, reaching #11 on the UK Singles Chart...

" would be released on MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

, lifted from a dance compilation album called Life is a Dance. The US releases included a number of exclusive remixes - including an alternate album version (which was released as a bonus track on the US version of Tiger Bay), a Motiv-8 dub, and the On Tour In '94 dub.

Marketing

The UK release featured cover art involving a photograph of abandoned musical instruments. The US release features a photograph of the band.

The single was marketed with a surreal video, in which Sarah Cracknell

Sarah Cracknell

Sarah Cracknell is an English pop singer who fronts the band Saint Etienne and is known for her light, smooth singing voice. She is the daughter of Stanley Kubrick's first assistant director Derek Cracknell.-Career:...

 plays a young girl asleep with her stuffed toys; she dreams of being chased by a bear, but ultimately ends up having jelly and ice cream with him in his den.

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12": Heavenly / HVN42 12

12": Heavenly / HVN42 12P

12": Warner Bros. / 9 41591-0

12": Warner Bros. / PRO-A-7069

• US promo
• Tracks 1,2 remixed by Sure is Pure
• Tracks 3,4 remixed by Kris Needs
  Kris Needs
  Kris Needs is a British journalist and author, primarily known for his writings on the music scene from the 1970s onwards. He became editor of ZigZag Magazine in August 1977, at the relatively young age of 23, and has written biographies of numerous rock and dance stars including Primal Scream,...
  
  

CD: Heavenly / HVN42CD

CD: Heavenly / HVN42CDR

• track 1 remixed by Mark "Spike" Stent

CD: Warner Bros. / 9 41591-2