In the Meantime (Spacehog song)


"In the Meantime" is the debut single by English alternative rock band Spacehog, from their debut album Resident Alien. It samples the Penguin Cafe Orchestra song "Telephone and Rubber Band". Released in 1996, the single peaked atop the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and the UK Rock Chart. In addition, it reached number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 29 on the UK Singles Chart while reaching the top 50 in Australia, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand and Sweden.

Meaning

Lead singer Royston Langdon said:

Track listings and formats

  1. "In the Meantime" – 5:01
  2. "To Be a Millionaire... Was It Likely?" – 3:41
  1. "In the Meantime" – 4:31
  2. "Zeroes" – 6:38
  3. "To Be a Millionaire... Was It Likely?" – 3:35

    Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

In other media

The song plays over the credits of Michael Almereyda's 1994 film Nadja.
Mashup artist Girl Talk layered "In the Meantime" over the Terror Squad hip-hop song, "Lean Back" in his album All Day.
An excerpt of the re-recorded version of the song is used as the opening theme to the VH1 television series Hindsight in addition to appearing on the show's second episode.
The song features as a playable track in videogames Guitar Hero 5 and Rock Band 3.
The song is the opening music to David Spade's 1998 HBO special "Take The Hit".
The song is featured in the series premiere and season 1 finale of the Netflix show Everything Sucks!, the 2009 comedy film Fanboys and an episode of the ABC show, Schooled, "CB Saves the Planet".