Lovertits
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"Lovertits" is a song by electroclash singer 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...

. It was released with the Lovertits EP in 2000 after Merrill Nisker adopted the performing name 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...

.

Critical reception

Mark Desrosiers of PopMatters
PopMatters
PopMatters is an international webzine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater,...

 commented that the "Roland 505
Roland MC-505
The Roland MC-505 is a combination of MIDI sequencer/arranger, synthesizer, and drum machine with built-in real-time Arpeggiator, LFO, VCF and Envelope Knobs for tweaking...

 sets up a glorious soundscape, and the whole retro-sound is compelling and unique."

Les Inrockuptibles
Les Inrockuptibles
Les Inrockuptibles is a French cultural magazine. Started as a monthly magazine in 1986, it became weekly in 1995. The name is a play on "Les Incorruptibles", the French title of the American television series The Untouchables...

listed "Lovertits" at #16 on the Best Singles of 2000. In addition, Muzik
Muzik
Muzik was a UK dance music magazine published by IPC Media from June 1995 to August 2003.Muzik was created by two former Melody Maker journalists, Push and Ben Turner. Push was the editor of Muzik from its launch until he left the magazine in 1998, at which point Turner took over as editor...

placed "Lovertits" at #3 on the Best Singles of 2000. 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...

placed "Lovertits" at #98 on the 100 Best Singles of 2000.

Music video

The song has a music video made in Super 8
Super 8 mm film
Super 8 mm film is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format....

 format. The video shows Peaches dancing in front of a mirror and two girls riding suggestively on bicycles. One of these girls is 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...

' roommate, Feist.

Cover versions

Feist created a rendition of this song in collaboration with Gonzales
Gonzales (musician)
Gonzales, , is a Grammy-nominated Canadian musician currently residing in Paris, France. Though best known for his first MC and electro albums, he is also a pianist, producer, and songwriter....

 which can be found on her remix album Open Season
Open Season (Feist album)
Open Season is a remix album by Canadian singer and songwriter Feist. Released in April 2006, it was rumored to be a Canadian-only release...

.

Track listing

  • German Vinyl, 12-inch single
  1. Lovertits - 4:46
  2. Diddle My Skittle - 4:50
  3. AA XXX - 4:33
  4. Slap On - 3:45

Song usage

In 2007, "Lovertits" was used in the movie Young People Fucking
Young People Fucking
Young People Fucking, also called Y.P.F., is a 2007 romantic comedy directed, written and produced by Martin Gero and Aaron Abrams. It debuted at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. "Our generation makes an effort to separate love and sex," says Gero. "They're all trying to do this thing,...

. It was also included on the DJ-Kicks: The Glimmers
DJ-Kicks: The Glimmers
DJ Kicks: The Glimmers is a DJ mix album, mixed by The Glimmers. It was released on 11 April 2005 on the Studio !K7 independent record label as part of the DJ-Kicks series.-Track listing:#"Shack Up" - bis - 3:23#"Lovertits" - Peaches - 2:52...

mix album.
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