| Lately | |
| Cover: | Skunk_anansie_lately.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Skunk Anansie |
| Album: | Post Orgasmic Chill |
| B-Side: |
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| Released: | [1] |
| Length: | 3:53 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | |
| Prev Title: | Secretly |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | You'll Follow Me Down |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
"Lately" is a song by British rock band Skunk Anansie, released as the third single from their third studio album, Post Orgasmic Chill (1999). It was released in July 1999. CD1 of the single comes with an interactive element featuring the video, and CD2 features three exclusive Polaroid pictures of the band. As of, it is the band's last major hit, charting at number 33 in their native United Kingdom and number two in Iceland.
The surreal music video was directed by Howard Greenhalgh. The video shows the band performing in a small town where all its inhabitants are smiling while a comet (played by Skin) begins to have a collision course with Earth. The video for the single was a homage to Soundgarden's music video for "Black Hole Sun", which was also directed by Greenhalgh in 1994.
CD1
| Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lately" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Decadence of Your Starvation" | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Charlie Big Potato" (Smokin' Jo Skin Up mix) | 6:25 |
| 4. | Interactive section | n/a |
CD2
| Title | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lately" | 3:53 | |
| 2. | "The Pill's Too Painful" | 3:59 | |
| 3. | "Secretly" (Armand Van Helden mix) | 7:40 |
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[2] | 94 |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[3] | 2 |