Tiny Meat Explained

Tiny Meat
Cover:Ruby Tiny Meat Single Cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Ruby
Album:Salt Peter
Released:1995 (U.S.)
Recorded:1994–1995
Genre:Alternative rock
Length:4:03
Label:WORK/Creation
Producer:Lesley Rankine, Mark Walk
Prev Title:Paraffin
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Hoops
Next Year:1996

"Tiny Meat" is the second single from the debut album Salt Peter by the trip hop/Industrial band Ruby. It is the band's best known song, and was released in 1995 in the United States by the WORK/Creation labels.[1] "Tiny Meat" is the only single from Ruby that has charted in the U.S., reaching #22 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks in the spring of 1996. The single also charted in the United Kingdom, reaching #96.

Track listing

The CD single came in two parts, each with three tracks on them:

  1. "Tiny Meat"
(album version) (4:03) -Rankine, Walk
  1. "Tiny Meat"
(Danny Saber Mix) (5:06) -Rankine, Walk
  1. "Heidi"
(Scream Team Remix) (7:48) -Rankine, Walk

total length: (16:57)

  1. "Tiny Meat"
(meat for the feet mix) (6:24) -Rankine, Walk
  1. "Tiny Meat"
(Mark Walk mix) (4:28) -Rankine, Walk
  1. "Scunner"
(4:02) -Rankine, Walk

total length: (14:54)

Chart performance

Singles

DateNameChartCountryPeak Position
February 24, 1996"Tiny Meat"UK SinglesUnited Kingdom
  1. 96[2]
May, 1996"Tiny Meat"Billboard Modern Rock TracksUSA
  1. 22[3]

Production and personnel

part one:

Produced by Mark Walk and Lesley Rankine, and mixed by Walk.

Produced by Walk and Rankine.

Remixed by Danny Saber, engineering and livestock mutilation by John X.

Produced by Walk and Rankine.

Remix produced by The Scream Team for Worldwide Scream Team Productions, engineered and mixed by Tim Holmes.

Artwork for the CD single by Rankine, photographs by Matthew Donaldson, and layout by Toby Egelnick.

part two:

Produced by Walk and Rankine.

Produced by Walk and Rankine.

Produced by Walk and Rankine.

Music video

As with all of Ruby's singles, this track had a promotional video made for it.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Tiny Meat (CD1)". www.rateyourmusic.com. 2008-04-10.
  2. Web site: "UK singles chart history - Ruby". Official Zobbel Website. 2008-04-26.
  3. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ruby|chart=all}} "Artist Chart History - Ruby - Singles"]. www.billboard.com. 2008-03-24.