Hobart Paving

Single infobox
Name = Hobart Paving

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Artist = Saint Etienne
from Album = So Tough
Released = May 1993
Format = 7", 12" vinyl, MC, CD
Recorded =
Genre = Indie pop
Length = 4:55
Label = flagicon|UK Heavenly - HVN 29 flagicon|UK Warner - 9 40910
Producer =
Chart position =
* #23 (UK)
Reviews =
Last single = "You're in a Bad Way" (1993)
This single = "Hobart Paving" (1993)
Next single = "I Was Born on Christmas Day" (1993) |

"Hobart Paving" is a single by British pop group Saint Etienne. It was released by Heavenly Records in May 1993 as a double A-side with the band's cover of "Who Do You Think You Are?", originally recorded in the 1970s by Candlewick Green.

The song describes an unhappy woman, using characteristically surreal images such as "Rain falls like Elvis tears" and "Just like a harpsichordist she moves". The apparently meaningless title appears in the song's chorus: "Hobart paving, don't you think that's it's time, / On this platform with the drizzle in my eyes?" The title may derive from a construction firm called Hobart Paving in the town of Croydon, where two of the band members grew up. [http://www.saint.etienne.net/saint/etienne?http://www.saint.etienne.net/ec/discography.html]

The track was slightly remixed for single release, adding subtle overdubs and extra instrumentation. "Your Head My Voice (Voix Revirement)" is a remix of "Hobart Paving".

Track listing

7": Heavenly / HVN 29 (UK)

# "Hobart Paving" - 4:54
# "Who Do You Think You Are" - 3:53

* also available on MC (HVN 29C)

12": Heavenly / HVN 29-12 (UK)

# "Hobart Paving" - 4:54
# "Your Head My Voice" (Voix Revirement) - 4:12
# "Who Do You Think You Are" - 3:53
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Quex-Rd) - 8:08

12": Heavenly / HVN 29-12P (UK)

# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Quex-Rd) - 8:08
# "Your Head My Voice" (Voix Revirement) - 4:12

* UK promo. Labelled "Aphex Twin Remixes"

CD: Heavenly / HVN 29CD (UK)

# "Hobart Paving" - 4:54
# "Who Do You Think You Are" - 3:53
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Quex-Rd) - 8:08
# "Your Head My Voice" (Voix Revirement) - 4:12

12": Warner / 0-40910 (US)

# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Strobelights & Platform Shoes Mix) - 7:00
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Saturday Night Fever Dub) - 6:59
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Tilt Dub) - 6:00
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Quex-Rd) - 8:08
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Nu Solution Mix) - 7:46
# "Hobart Paving" (UK single version) - 4:54

2x12": Warner / PRO-A-6254 (US)

# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Strobelights & Platform Shoes Mix) - 7:00
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Saturday Night Fever Dub) - 6:59
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Nu Solution Mix) - 7:46
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Tilt Dub) - 6:00

# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Quex-Rd) - 8:08
# "Your Head My Voice" (Voix Revirement) - 4:12
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Radio Remix) - 4:39
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Bonus Beats Down) - 4:55

* US 2x12" promo

CD: Warner / 9 40910-2 (US)

# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Album Version) - 3:52
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Strobelights & Platform Shoes Mix) - 7:00
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Quex-Rd) - 8:08
# "Hobart Paving" (UK single version) - 4:54
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Nu Solution Mix) - 7:46
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Saturday Night Fever Dub) - 6:59
# "Your Head My Voice" (Voix Revirement) - 4:12
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Radio Remix) - 4:39

Remixers

Aphex Twin

# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Quex-Rd) - 8:08
# "Your Head My Voice" (Voix Revirement) - 4:12

Roger Sanchez

# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Strobelights & Platform Shoes Mix) - 7:00
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Nu Solution Mix) - 7:46
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Saturday Night Fever Dub) - 6:59
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Radio Remix) - 4:39
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Tilt Dub) - 6:00
# "Who Do You Think You Are" (Bonus Beats Down) - 4:55

Cover versions

The 1997 German Movie "Bandits" featured a cover version of the song called "Catch Me" (possibly to better match the movie's prison break story), released under the band name "Bandits". The "Hobart Paving" in the chorus was replaced by "Hold on, princess".

External links

* [http://www.hobartpaving.co.uk/ Hobart Paving Company Limited] , the probable source of the title