Me Me Me were a short-lived English supergroup

Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....

, including several high profile Britpop

Britpop

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 musicians.

The band was a collaboration between former Duran Duran

Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...

/The Lilac Time

The Lilac Time

The Lilac Time is a British alternative rock band that was originally formed in Herefordshire, England by Stephen Duffy, his brother Nick Duffy and their friend Michael Weston in 1986. The band's name was taken from a line in the Nick Drake song "River Man."...

 member and solo artist Stephen Duffy

Stephen Duffy

Stephen Anthony James Duffy is an English singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was a founding member and vocalist/bassist of Duran Duran. He went on to record as a solo performer under several different names, and is the singer and songwriter for The Lilac Time with his older brother...

 (vocals, guitar), Alex James

Alex James (musician)

Professionally known as Alex James is an English musician, songwriter, journalist and cheesemaker. He is best known as the bass player and occasional vocalist of band Blur...

 of Blur

Blur (band)

Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...

 (vocals, bass), Justin Welch

Justin Welch

Justin Steven Welch is an English musician, best known as the drummer in the Britpop band, Elastica....

 of Elastica

Elastica

Elastica were an English alternative rock band that played punk rock-influenced music. They were best known for their 1995 album Elastica, which produced singles that charted in the US and the UK.-History:...

 (drums), and James' friend Charlie Bloor (credited as "musician"). The band's first, and only single, "Hanging Around" was released on August 5, 1996 and reached Number 19 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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.

"Hanging Around" was released on 7-inch single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 (DUFF005) and cassette

Compact Cassette

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 (DUFF005C), also featuring "Hollywood Wives", and on CD

Compact Disc

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-single with a third track, "Tabitha's Island" (DUFF005CD). There were also promotional versions released in July 1996 on 12-inch single (DOLE041) and CD-single (DOLE044). The tracks were originally recorded as a soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 for Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst

Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists , who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist,...

's film Hanging Around

Hanging Around (film)

Hanging Around is a 1996 film directed by Damien Hirst, which was made for The Hayward Gallery's Spellbound exhibition. The exhibition opened 100 years to the day the Lumiere Brothers brought their newly invented cinematograph to a London audience...

, first shown at the Spellbound Exhibition, which took place at London's Hayward Gallery

Hayward Gallery

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 in March 1996.

The lead track was produced by the band. The other tracks were produced by Stephen Street

Stephen Street

Stephen Street is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s, as well as Blur and The Cranberries in the 1990s. Street also collaborated with Morrissey on some of his most popular work after The Smiths broke up, playing instruments and co-writing songs...

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Singles

• "Hanging Around" (5 Aug 1996)

1. • Track listing

CD

1. "Hanging Around"
2. "Hollywood Wives"
3. "Tabitha's Island"

Cassette

1. "Hanging Around"
2. "Hollywood Wives"

7"

1. "Hanging Around"
2. "Hollywood Wives"

CD Promo

1. "Hanging Around"
2. "Hollywood Wives"
3. "Tabitha's Island"

12" Promo

1. "Hanging Around"
2. "Tabitha's Island"