Lagartija Nick

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"Lagartija Nick"
Single by Bauhaus
Released	15 January 1983[1]
Genre	Post punk, gothic rock
Label	Beggars Banquet Records
Songwriter(s)	Peter Murphy Daniel Ash Kevin Haskins David J
Bauhaus singles chronology
"Ziggy Stardust" (1982) "Lagartija Nick" (1983) "She's in Parties" (1983)

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AllMusic	[2]

"Lagartija Nick" is a song by English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released as a stand-alone single in 7" and 12" format on the Beggars Banquet Records label in January 1983.

It reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart.^{[citation needed]}

A version of the song was first recorded as "Bite my Hip" in 1979 at the band's first recording session where their first single was recorded.^[3] Murphy and Ash composed the song but did not develop it as the group thought it was too "simplistic". Later, Murphy and David J reworked it, incorporating references to the Devil ("Lagartija Nick" being an old Spanish term) and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.^[4]

Track listings[]

7"

1. "Lagartija Nick"
2. "Paranoia, Paranoia"

12"

1. "Lagartija Nick"
2. "Watch That Grandad Go"
3. "Paranoia, Paranoia"
4. "In the Flat Field (Live in Paris)"

References[]

External links[]

• "Lagartija Nick" at Discogs (list of releases)
• AllMusic review
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics