"We Don't Play Guitars" is the first single from Chicks on Speed

Chicks on Speed

Chicks on Speed is a multi-national musical ensemble, formed in Munich in 1997, when members Melissa Logan, Kiki Moorse and Alex Murray-Leslie met at the Academy of Fine Arts....

's album 99 Cents

99 Cents

A video clip for "We Don't Play Guitars", directed by Deborah Schamoni, is included....

and features Peaches. It was placed at #84 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2003

Triple J Hottest 100, 2003

The 2003 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on 26 January 2004, was the eleventh such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 40 songs was released. A DVD, containing film clips of songs...

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Critical reception

Dan Lett of Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

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 commented that the song "is a gutsy, rambunctious melee that puts mantra before message."

Music video

The music video for "We Don't Play Guitars" was directed by Deborah Schamoni costumes by Chicks on Speed and Kathi Glas

Track listings

• German Vinyl, 12-inch single

1. "We Don't Play Guitars (Chicken Lips
   Chicken Lips (band)
   Chicken Lips are a dance music band and production team from Stafford, England, that includes Andy Meecham and Dean Meredith, both formerly of Bizarre Inc, a band they created in the early 1990s.-Career:...
   
    Play Dub Version)" - 11:04
2. "We Don't Play Guitars (Tiefschwarz
   Tiefschwarz
   Tiefschwarz is an electro house group comprising brothers, Alexander "Ali" and Sebastian "Basti" Schwarz, which formed in Stuttgart in 1996. Peter Hoff, who runs the Benztown studios in Stuttgart, joined later, and completed the first Tiefschwarz production team...
   
    Black Box Mix)" - 7:25

• UK CD single

1. "We Don't Play Guitars (Radio Version)" - 3:59
2. "We Don't Play Guitars (Beat To The Drum Mix)" - 7:11
3. "We Don't Play Guitars (Cristian Vogel
   Cristian Vogel
   Cristian Vogel is an experimental electronic musician.-Biography:Cristian Vogel was born in Chile and moved to England in the mid 1970s. Vogel first began working with electronic compositions in the late 1980s with the Cabbage Head Collective...
   
    Remix)" - 4:32

Song usage

"We Don't Play Guitars" was included on the compilation albums FM4 Sound Selection 9 and Now 9.

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 ...	77