| Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt | |
| Cover: | Pendulum - Tarantula Seatbelt.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Pendulum featuring The Freestylers and Fresh |
| Album: | Hold Your Colour |
| Released: | 27 June 2005 |
| Recorded: | 2005 |
| Genre: | Drum and bass |
| Length: |
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| Label: | Breakbeat Kaos (BBK009A) |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Guns at Dawn |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Tarantula | |
| Title2: | Fasten Your Seatbelt |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Slam |
| Next Title2: | Out Here |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
"Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt" is the fourth single by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum. It was released on 27 June 2005 by independent label Breakbeat Kaos and was their second release with the label. While "Fasten Your Seatbelt" features production from The Freestylers, "Tarantula" features production from Fresh and vocals from $pyda, together with Tenor Fly from The Freestylers. It peaked number 60 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] Both songs were included on the CD release of Hold Your Colour a month later. "Fasten Your Seatbelt" samples a line from Spider-Man 2 where Doctor Octopus is firing up the fusion reactor for the first time ("Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts"), as well as the sound the reactor made when it was being primed.
The song sampled a segment from the Discovery Channel series The World's Most Feared Animals.[2] This sample was reused in Centipede.
These are the major formats and associated track listings of single releases of "Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelts". Both tracks were written and produced by Rob Swire.
12-inch vinyl single, picture disc[3]
A. "Tarantula" – 5:31
AA. "Fasten Your Seatbelt" – 6:38
CD single[4]
The following people contributed to "Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt".[4]
Pendulum
Other contributors
The Freestylers
"Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt" entered the UK Singles Chart on week 27, 2005. It peaked at number 60 before dropping out a week later.[1]
"Tarantula" can be heard in the episode seven, series two of Skins when Effy, Tony and Pandora enter to the club followed by Sid's artistic scene. It is also featured in the soundtrack for the 2008 PS3 Racing game, . “Fasten Your Seatbelts” was played during Season 2 Episode 6 of Ideal during Moz’s party.