Toxygene

Infobox Single
Name = Toxygene


Artist = The Orb
from Album = Orblivion
B-side = Alternate mixes
Released = 1997
Format = CD, 12"
Recorded =
Genre = Ambient house
Length = 5:19
Label = Island Records
Writer =
Producer = Alex Paterson, Andy Hughes, Thomas Fehlmann
Certification =
Chart position = * #4 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = "Oxbow Lakes" 1995
This single = "Toxygene" 1997
Next single = "Asylum" 1997

"Toxygene" is a single by electronic music artist The Orb. It was released in 1997 as the first single from the album "Orblivion".

"Toxygene" was originally commissioned as a remix of Jean Michel Jarre's "Oxygene 8" from "Oxygene 7-13".cite news|work=The Sunday Times |title=Music of the Spheres |last=Smith |first=Andrew |date=1997-02-16 |page=13] However, The Orb "obliterated it" and reassembled only a few fragments for their remix, much to the chagrin of Jarre, who reportedly "threw a fit and refused to release it". The Orb released the track themselves under the name "Toxygene", which further irritated Jarre, to whom Paterson retorted "The French are always five years behind us, anyway." In statements made after the release of "Toxygene", Jarre denied the reports: "It's not that I didn't like it, but I wanted the first wave of remixes to be linked to Oxygene's theme and textures."cite web|year=1997-01-27 |last=Aston |first=Martin |title=Dotmusic Talent: Jean Michel Jarre |url=http://web.archive.org/web/19980708105644/http://www.dotmusic.co.uk/MWtalentjjarre.html |work=Dotmusic (retrieved from the Internet Archive) |accessdate=2007-04-30]

"Toxygene", was the highest charting single by The Orb, reaching #4 in the UK on 8 February 1997. The release was accompanied by a music video directed by Ben Stokes.

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*Discogs release|id=32076