Sharp as a Needle
| "Sharp as a Needle" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Barmy Army | |
| B-side | "England 2 Yugoslavia 0" |
| Released | January 1988 |
| Genre | Industrial hip hop, electro |
| Length | 6:27 |
| Label | On-U Sound |
| Songwriter(s) | Adrian Sherwood |
| Producer(s) | Adrian Sherwood |
"Sharp as a Needle" is a single by British producer Adrian Sherwood, issued under the moniker "The Barmy Army". It was released in January 1988 by On-U Sound Records and would appear on Barmy Army's sole album The English Disease, released in 1989. Continuing the sports theme established on Tackhead's "The Game", Sherwood released "Sharp as a Needle" single as a tribute to Scottish football player Kenny Dalglish, who is represented on the front cover holding the European Cup.