Dirty Sticky Floors


"Dirty Sticky Floors" is a song by English singer Dave Gahan from his debut studio album, Paper Monsters. It was released on 26 May 2003 as the album's lead single. The song reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart and number five on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song was slightly remixed in two different forms for its single release and an extended version for the music video.

Background

In a VH1 interview a week after the single's release, Gahan told Jim Macnie that the song, which poked fun at his addiction, "is all about the so-called glamorous side of rock-'n'-roll, and ending up on some dirty, sticky floor every single night; some god-awful toilet in some club or—most of the time—my own dirty, sticky floor in my own bathroom."

Track listings

  • UK CD single
  1. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 3:16
  2. "Stand Up" – 5:29
  3. "Maybe" – 4:52
  • UK limited-edition CD single
  1. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 7:36
  2. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 6:10
  3. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 6:11
Note: The first pressings of the limited-edition CD single incorrectly lists tracks 2 and 3 as being "Stand Up" and "Maybe" on the sleeve.
  1. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 3:32
  2. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 7:45
  3. "Black and Blue Again" – 4:51
  1. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 3:14
  2. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 10:44
  3. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 7:25
  4. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 10:31
  5. "Dirty Sticky Floors" – 6:38
  6. "Stand Up" – 5:28
  7. "Maybe" – 4:52