Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
“Can You Dig It?” is the second single from the Poppies third album and became their first top 40 hit in the UK in early 1989. Its title is a line from the 1979 film The Warriors and the song samples lines directly from it.
[Intro]
Okay, let's get down to it, boppers
[Interlude]
(We like the music, we like the disco sound, hey!)
(We like the music, we like the disco sound, hey!)
Can you dig it?
(We like the music, we like the disco sound, hey!)
Can you dig it?
(We like the music, we like the disco sound, hey!)
Can you dig it?
[Chorus]
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
[Verse 1]
We dig TV, we dig remote control
We dig the Furry Freak Brothers and The Twilight Zone
(Can you dig it?)
We dig Marvel and DC, we dig Run-DMC
(Can you dig it?)
We dig Renegade Soundwave and AC/DC
(Can you dig it?)
(Come on!)
(Wow!)
[Pre-Chorus]
Bruce Wayne, auf wiedersehn
Dirty Harry, make my day
Terminator, hit the North!
Alan Moore knows the score
[Chorus]
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
[Verse 2]
We dig Optimus Prime and not Galvatron
We dig "The Leader of the Pack" and "Da-Do-Ron-Ron"
(Can you dig it?)
Spinderella and Bruce Lee, Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
(Can you dig it?)
V for Vendetta and "Into the Groove-y" (Can you dig it?)
(Wow)
(Come on!)
[Pre-Chorus]
Bruce Wayne, auf wiedersehn
Dirty Harry, make my day
Terminator, hit the North!
Alan Moore knows the score
[Chorus]
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
[Interlude]
(We like the music, we like the disco sound, hey!)
(We like the music, we like the disco sound, hey!)
[Chorus]
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it?
(Come on!)
(Can you dig it?)
Riffs? (Yeah!)
Can you dig it? (Can you dig it?)
Can U Dig It? was written by Vestan Pance & Pop Will Eat Itself & Clint Mansell.
Can U Dig It? was produced by Andy Cox & David Steele.
Pop Will Eat Itself released Can U Dig It? on Mon Jan 30 1989.