Can You Dig It? (The Mock Turtles song)
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| Single by the Mock Turtles | ||||
| from the album Turtle Soup | ||||
| B-side | "Lose Yourself" | |||
| Released | 1991 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Martin Coogan | |||
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| "Can You Dig It?" on YouTube | ||||
"Can You Dig It?" is a song by British indie rock band The Mock Turtles, released as a single in 1991 from their debut album, Turtle Soup (1990). The song was originally the B-side to the single "Lay Me Down". It was released on Siren Records in all formats except for one of the seven-inch singles released in Europe where it was released by Virgin Records.
"Can You Dig It?" reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart and number 12 in Ireland in 1991. In 2003, after the song was used in a 2002 Vodafone advertisement, it was remixed by Fatboy Slim and Simon Thornton and released again. The remix peaked at number 19 in the United Kingdom, number 34 in Ireland, number 40 in Greece and number 96 in the Netherlands.
The single was dedicated to Alan Duffy, noting "shine on you crazy diamond" on the CD single sleeve.