"Lazy" | ||||
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Single by X-Press 2 featuring David Byrne | ||||
from the album Muzikizum | ||||
B-side | "AC/DC" | |||
Released | 8 April 2002 | |||
Studio | Rocksteady (London, England) | |||
Genre | Deep house[1] | |||
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Producer(s) | X-Press 2 | |||
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"Lazy" is a single by British house duo X-Press 2, featuring vocals from singer and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne. It was written and produced by X-Press 2 and co-written by Byrne. The song was released on 8 April 2002 through Skint Records and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart, held off number one by "Unchained Melody" by Gareth Gates,[2] and spent four weeks in the UK top 10.
"Lazy" won the Ivors Dance Award at the Ivor Novello Awards in 2003.[3] Byrne later included an orchestral re-recording of the song on his 2004 solo album Grown Backwards, and performed the song during his American Utopia tour.