Tarantula / Fasten Your Seatbelt

"Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt" is the fourth single by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum. It was released on 27 June 2005 by independent label Breakbeat Kaos and was their second release with the label. While "Fasten Your Seatbelt" features production from The Freestylers, "Tarantula" features production from Fresh and vocals from $pyda, together with Tenor Fly from The Freestylers. It peaked number 60 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1] Both songs were included on the CD release of Hold Your Colour a month later. "Fasten Your Seatbelt" samples a line from Spider-Man 2 where Doctor Octopus is firing up the fusion reactor for the first time ("Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts.").

Chart performance

"Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt" entered the UK Singles Chart on week 27, 2005. It peaked at number 60 before dropping out a week later.^[1]

Chart (2005)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[1]	60

Formats and track listings

These are the major formats and associated track listings of single releases of "Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelts". Both tracks were written and produced by Rob Swire.

12" vinyl single, picture disc^[2]
(BBK009A; released 27 June 2005)

A. "Tarantula" – 5:31

AA. "Fasten Your Seatbelt" – 6:38

CD single^[3]
(BBK009SCD; released 27 June 2005)

"Tarantula" (radio edit) – 3:25
"Fasten Your Seatbelt" – 6:38
"Tarantula" (Serial Killer mix) – 3:53

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt".^[3]

Pendulum:

Rob Swire – songwriting, production, synthesiser
Gareth McGrillen – songwriting and production on "Tarantula"

Other contributors:

Dan "Fresh" Stein – songwriting and production on "Tarantula"
Colin "$pyda" Griffith – vocals on "Tarantula"
Jack Adams - mastering

The Freestylers:

Matt Cantor – songwriting and additional production on "Fasten Your Seatbelt"
Aston Harvey – songwriting and additional production on "Fasten Your Seatbelt"
Jonathan "Tenor Fly" Sutter – vocals on "Tarantula"

In Other Media

"Tarantula" can be heard in the Episode 7, Series 2 of Skins (UK_TV_series) when Effy, Tony and Pandora enter to the club followed by Sid's artistic scene.

References

1 2 3 Chart Stats - Pendulum - "Tarantula/Fasten Your Seatbelts". αCharts.us. Retrieved on 18 August 2010.
↑ Breakbeat Kaos :: BBK009A. Discogs. Retrieved on 18 August 2010.
1 2 Breakbeat Kaos :: BBK009SCD. Discogs. Retrieved on 20 August 2010.

Pendulum

Rob Swire Gareth McGrillen Paul Harding Ben Mount Peredur ap Gwynedd Kevin Sawka Paul Kodish

Studio albums	Hold Your Colour (2005) In Silico (2008) Immersion (2010)

Live albums	Live at Brixton Academy (2009)

Related articles	Discography Breakbeat Kaos Knife Party Warner Music Group Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back!

Pendulum singles

Discography

Hold Your Colour	"Spiral" / "Ulterior Motive" (2003) "Another Planet" / "Voyager" (2004) "Back 2 You" / "Still Grey" (2004) "Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt" (2005) "Slam" / "Out Here" (2005) "Hold Your Colour" (2006) "Blood Sugar" / "Axle Grinder" (2007)

In Silico	"Granite" (2007) "Propane Nightmares" (2008) "The Other Side" (2008) "Showdown" (2009)

Immersion	"Watercolour (2010) "Witchcraft" (2010) "The Island" (2010) "Crush" (2011)

Non-album singles	"Spiral" (2003) "Ransom" (2011)

Promotional singles	Hardware Limited 03 (2006) "The Tempest" (2008) "Immunize" (2010)

Singles as featured artist	"Guns at Dawn" (with Baron) (2005) "Painkiller" (with Freestylers & SirReal) (2006) "Security" (with Freestylers & Ragman) (2007)

Singles as remixer	"Voodoo People" (Pendulum remix) (2005) "ABC News Theme" (Pendulum remix) (2010)

Freestylers

Matt Cantor Aston Harvey Chris Bishop MC SirReal Rich Budgen Dave Budgen Sam Edwards

Studio albums	We Rock Hard (1998) Pressure Point (2001) Raw as Fk (2004) Adventures in Freestyle (2006) The Coming Storm (2013)

Compilation albums	FabricLive.19 (2004)

Singles	"Push Up" "Painkiller"

Featured singles	"Fasten Your Seatbelts"

DJ Fresh

Studio albums	Escape from Planet Monday (2006) Kryptonite (2010) Nextlevelism (2012)

Compilation albums	Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back! (2004)

Singles	"Gold Dust" "Lassitude" "Louder" "Hot Right Now" "The Power" "The Feeling" "Gold Dust" (Shy FX Re-Edit) "Earthquake" "Dibby Dibby Sound" "Make U Bounce" "Flashlight" "Gravity" "Believer" "How Love Begins"

Featured singles	"Tarantula" "Say You Do"

Related articles	Discography Breakbeat Kaos Data Records Bad Company

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