Lyrics
One, one
La la la
La la la
Extricate! 1
Extricate!
La la la
La la la
La la la
Extricate!
La la la
La la la
Extricate!
I know you gotta …
Sha la la la
Sha la la la
Sha la la la
I know you gotta extricate!
La la la
La la la
Extricate!
La la la
La la la
Now and then you gotta extricate!
La la la
La la la
Extricate!
Sha la la la
Sha la la la
Sha la la la
Now and then you gotta extricate!
Now and then you gotta extricate!
La la la
La la la
Extricate!
Extricate!
Sha la la la
Sha la la la
Extricate!
Sha la la la
Extricate!
La la la
Extricate!
La la la
Aaaahhh!
Extricate!
Extricate!
Commentary
“Extricate” is credited to Steve Hanley, Craig Scanlon, Adrian Sherwood (who produced), and MES.
Although “Extricate” was the title track of Extricate the album (1990), it for some reason wasn’t included on the vinyl LP format. It only appeared on the CD and cassette formats as the final bonus track.
The lyrics don’t provide much by way of clues, but many listeners assume that the song is referring to MES and Brix’s split. Maybe it is.
Brix later formed the band, Brix and the Extricated.
Footnotes
- “Extricate” is sometimes treated as a synonym for “extract” – basically, to get out of a situation. But there’s a bit more to it than that. The word indicates a disentangling or unravelling. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines (meaning 2) “extricate” as “get (a person) out of a difficulty, entanglement, etc.; remove, usu. with difficulty or dexterity, from what physically holds or contains someone or something.” ↩︎
Sources / Links
- The Annotated Fall: “Extricate” [Archived]
- The Track Record: “Extricate”
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