Korean Bodega

Single by Fun Lovin' Criminals

"Korean Bodega"

Single by Fun Lovin' Criminals
from the album  100% Colombian
Released| April 26, 1999
Recorded| 1998
Genre| Alternative hip hop, rap rock, alternative rock, trip hop, electronica, blues
Length| 2:47
Label| Chrysalis Records
Songwriter(s)| Fun Lovin' Criminals
Producer(s)| Fun Lovin' Criminals
Tim Latham (Additional production)
Fun Lovin' Criminals singles chronology
| "Big Night Out"
(1998)  | "Korean Bodega"
(1999)  | "Couldn't Get It Right"
(2001)

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"Korean Bodega" is a single released in 1999, and was the final single taken from Fun Lovin' Criminals's second album 100% Colombian.

The release of the single was cross-promoted by an electronica version of the song arranged by Garbage, on which singer Shirley Manson performed a guest vocal for the refrain. The new version was part of a remix trade between both bands, where Fun Lovin' Criminals remixed Garbage's single "You Look So Fine" in reciprocation.[1]

## Single release

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"Korean Bodega" was released by Chrysalis Records on April 26, 1999, and was heavily promoted Garbage's remix, and the fact that Shirley Manson had contributed vocals to the remix. Released on two CD singles and cassette single, the Garbage remix featured on two of the formats, while the original album version on one. It charted at #15 on the UK Singles chart, the most successful single the band had released since "Scooby Snacks" three years earlier.

In the run up the release of Garbage's "You Look So Fine" single on May 24, Mushroom Records released promotional CDs to radio stations featuring both a radio edit of "You Look So Fine" and the reworked Fun Lovin' Criminals version. Much of the print ads for "Korean Bodega" pointed out that "You Look So Fine" and the Fun Lovin Criminals remix would be released the next month, and details of Garbage's single was sent out to fans on both artists mailing lists.

## Personnel

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* Huey Morgan – vocals, guitar
* Brian Leiser – bass
* Steve Borgovini – drums

## Track listings

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* UK Cassette single Chrysalis

1. "Korean Bodega"
2. "Korean Bodega – Aero Mexicana Mix"

* UK CD1 Chrysalis 7243 8 86985 0 4 CDCHSS 5108

1. "Korean Bodega – Aero Mexicana Mix"
2. "The Fun Lovin' Criminal"
3. "Big Night Out"
4. "Big Night Out" (Enhanced Video)

* UK CD2 Chrysalis 7243 8 86985 2 8 CDCHS 5108

1. "Korean Bodega"
2. "The Ballad Of Larry Davis"
3. "Sleepyhead"

* UK CD Promo Chrysalis CDCHSDJ 5108

1. "Korean Bodega (Clean Album Version)"
2. "Korean Bodega (Aero Mexicana Mix – Clean)"

* US CD Promo Virgin 7087 6 13669 2 1, DPRO-13669

1. "Korean Bodega (Clean Version)"
2. "Korean Bodega (LP Version)"
3. "Call Out Hook"

## Release history

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Release Date  | Territory  | Record Label  | Format

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January 18, 1999  | United States | Capitol | Airplay
April 26, 1999  | United Kingdom | Chrysalis Records | 2×CD single set, cassette single

## Comprehensive charts

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Chart (1999)  | Peak
position

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Scottish Singles chart  | 11 [2]
UK Singles Chart | 15 [3]

## References

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1. ^ "03.12.99 Road Report Eight For '99". Garbage.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
2. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100; 02 May 1999 - 08 May 1999". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
3. ^ "Fun Lovin' Criminals – Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

## External links

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* Fun Lovin Criminals Myspace profile
* "Korean Bodega" page at Last.fm

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Fun Lovin' Criminals

* Huey Morgan
* Brian Leiser
* Mark Reid

Studio albums|

* Come Find Yourself
* 100% Colombian
* Loco
* Welcome to Poppy's
* Livin' in the City
* Classic Fantastic

EPs and Singles|

* Fun Lovin' Criminals
* "Scooby Snacks"
* "I'm Not in Love"
* "Korean Bodega"
* "Loco"

Compilation albums|

* Mimosa
* Bag of Hits
* Scooby Snacks: The Collection
* A's, B's and Rarities
* Fun, Live and Criminal

Related|

* Discography
* What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?

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Garbage

* Duke Erikson
* Shirley Manson
* Steve Marker
* Butch Vig

Studio albums|

* Garbage
* Version 2.0
* Beautiful Garbage
* Bleed Like Me
* Not Your Kind of People
* Strange Little Birds
* No Gods No Masters

Compilation albums|

* Absolute Garbage
* The Absolute Collection
* Version 2.0: The Official Remixes
* Anthology
* Copy/Paste

Extended plays|

* This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake
* Witness to Your Love
* Lie to Me
* copy/paste vol.1 (abridged)

Singles|

* "Vow"
* "Subhuman"
* "Queer"
* "Only Happy When It Rains"
* "Stupid Girl"
* "Supervixen"
* "Milk"
* "#1 Crush"
* "Push It"
* "I Think I'm Paranoid"
* "Special"
* "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"
* "When I Grow Up"
* "You Look So Fine"
* "The World Is Not Enough"
* "Temptation Waits"
* "Androgyny"
* "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)"
* "Breaking Up the Girl"
* "Shut Your Mouth"
* "Why Do You Love Me"
* "Bleed Like Me"
* "Sex Is Not the Enemy"
* "Run Baby Run"
* "Tell Me Where It Hurts"
* "Blood for Poppies"
* "Battle in Me"
* "Automatic Systematic Habit"
* "Big Bright World"
* "Control"
* "Because the Night"
* "Girls Talk"
* "The Chemicals"
* "Empty"
* "Even Though Our Love Is Doomed"
* "Magnetized"
* "No Horses"
* "Destroying Angels"
* "The Men Who Rule the World"
* "No Gods No Masters"
* "Wolves"
* "Witness to Your Love"

Home video|

* Garbage Video
* Absolute Garbage
* One Mile High... Live

Books|

* This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake

Concert tours|

* Garbage tour
* Version 2.0 World Tour
* Beautiful Garbage World Tour
* Bleed Like Me World Tour
* Not Your Kind of People World Tour
* 20 Years Queer
* Strange Little Birds Tour
* Rage and Rapture Tour
* 20 Years Paranoid
* Garbage & Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Live in Concert
* Garbage 2024

Additional personnel|

* Billy Bush
* Eric Avery
* Matt Walker

Related articles|

* Discography
* Awards and nominations
* Smart Studios
* Spooner
* Fire Town
* Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
* Angelfish (album)
* "Korean Bodega"

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Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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