some modern lounge music that doesn't sound totally deracinated or desexed." Another editor, Jonathan Bernstein, viewed it as the group's "most wistful song", remarking that it's "fraught with anticipation of impending calamity, in part due to the employment of a theremin, the device the Beach Boys used to make "Good Vibrations" sound so spooky." Music video The accompanying music video for "Sour Times" is made of footage from Portishead's short film To Kill a Dead Man. It was directed by Alexander Hemming. Release "Sour Times" was released as the second single from Dummy on 1 August 1994. It initially reached only number 57 in the UK Singles Chart, but after the success of "Glory Box" in 1995, it was re-released and peaked at number 13 in April. It is also the band's only song to date to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, at number 53. "Sour Times" was the band's first entry on the Australian ARIA top 100 singles chart, peaking at number 66 in March 1995. The B-side track "Airbus Reconstruction" was actually recorded by the band Airbus, who were former school friends of Geoff Barrow. Track listings CD 1 "Sour Times" (4:14) "It's a Fire" (3:47) "Pedestal" (3:41) "Theme from To Kill a Dead Man" (4:25) CD 2 "Sour Times" (edit) (3:25) "Sour Sour Times" (5:49) "Lot More" (4:21) "Sheared Times" (4:03) "Airbus Reconstruction" (5:08) Although they bear new titles, all tracks on CD 2 are remixes of "Sour Times" Charts Certifications Covers and in popular culture The Blank Theory covered "Sour Times" on their Beyond the Calm of the Corridor release, which was featured in the trailer for Wicker Park. "Sour Times" was used as the theme music to the ITV drama series The Vice, and also appeared in the film Killing Time and TV shows Warehouse 13 and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. The song was sampled in the 2004 single "Teardrops" by the 411. The name of Turkish social network Ekşi Sözlük was derived from "Sour Times". This network was founded as a part of sourtimes.org in 1999. English singer Marsha Ambrosius covered the song on her 2011 album Late Nights & Early Mornings. References External links 1994 singles Portishead (band) songs Songs written by Geoff Barrow Songs written by Beth Gibbons Songs written by Adrian Utley Go! Discs singles 1994 songs Lalo Schifrin