Release the Pressure

Infobox Single
Name = Release the Pressure

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Caption =
Artist = Leftfield
from Album =
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1992
Format = 12"
Recorded =
Genre = House
Length = 08:08
Label = Hard Hands
Writer = Neil Barnes, Paul Daley
Producer = Leftfield
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single ="More Than I Know"
"(1991)"
This single ="Release the Pressure"
"(1992)"
Next single ="Song of Life"
"(1993)"
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternative Cover
Background = khaki

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Lower caption = "Release the Pressure" was the third single released under the Leftfield name and the first to involve Paul Daley with writing duties after he joined the group. The song was released only on 12" in 1992. Unlike previous releases that had been released on the Outer Rhythm record label, Leftfield had now officially split from the Outer Rhythm record label. Major labels had offered them deals yet both members didn't want to give up creative control to any major company. They formed the Hard Hands record label with "Release the Pressure" being the label's first official release. The song featured reggae singer Earl Sixteen on vocals. It made the top 20 in the UK charts. It also featured at Number 1 in the "Melody Maker" "Stone Free Chart of the Year".

Track listing

12"

# Release the Pressure (The Vocal Mix) 8:08
# Release the Pressure (The Rough Dub) 8:40
# Release the Pressure (The Desert Edit) 5:02

1996 version

Infobox Single
Name = Release the Pressure

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Caption =
Artist = Leftfield
from Album = Leftism
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 8 January 1996
Format = 12"/CD/MC
Recorded = Rollover Studios, London
Genre = House
Length = 3:57
Label = Hard Hands / Chrysalis
Writer = Neil Barnes, Paul Daley, Earl Daley, S. Cheshire
Producer = Leftfield
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single ="Afro-Left"
"(1995)
#22 UK"
This single ="Release The Pressure"
"(1996)
#13 UK"
Next single ="Afrika Shox"
"(1999)
#7 UK""Release the Pressure" was the eighth single released under the Leftfield name. It was an updated version of the groups 1992 single of the same name. The song was released on 12", CD and Cassette on 8 January 1996. It featured Earl Sixteen and Cheshire Cat on vocals with Ad-Libs by Papa Dee. The song reached #13 in the UK charts. There were also four different remixes of the song with different ones as b-sides to the different format releases.

Track listing

CD

# Release the Pressure - 3:57
# Release the Pressure (Release One) - 7:23
# Release the Pressure (Release Two) - 7:19
# Release the Pressure (Release Three) - 6:02
# Release the Pressure (Release Four) - 5:03

12"

# Release the Pressure - 3:57
# Release the Pressure (Release One) - 7:23
# Release the Pressure (Release Two) - 7:19
# Release the Pressure (Release Four) - 5:03

Cassette

# Release the Pressure - 3:57
# Release the Pressure (Release One) - 7:23
# Release the Pressure (Release Two) - 7:19

References

# [http://www.leftfield-online.com/leftfield/discog/single/extrap/12releasethepressuretext.html Release The Pressure] , Leftfield Online, Retrieved on 5 November 2006