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{{Short description|British electronic music band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name             = Sneaker Pimps
| image            = 
| caption          = 
| image_size       = 
| background       = group_or_band
| alias            = 
| origin           = [[Hartlepool]], County Durham, England
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [[Electronic music|Electronic]]
* [[trip hop]]
* [[dance-rock]]
* [[downtempo]]
}}
| years_active     = {{flatlist|
* 1994–2005
* 2015–present
}}
| label            = {{flatlist|
* [[Clean Up Records|Clean Up]]
* [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
* [[Tommy Boy Records|Tommy Boy]]
* Unfall
}}
| associated_acts  = 
| website          = {{URL|sneakerpimpsmusic.com}}
| current_members  = * [[Liam Howe]]
* [[Chris Corner]]
| past_members     = * [[Kelli Ali|Kelli Dayton]]
* [[Joe Wilson (musician)|Joe Wilson]]
* [[Dave Westlake (musician)|Dave Westlake]]
}}

'''Sneaker Pimps''' are an English [[electronic music]] band, formed in [[Hartlepool]] in 1994.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indian.co.uk/site/artists/sneaker-pimps|title=ONE LITTLE INDIAN {{!}} ARTISTS|website=www.indian.co.uk|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818101955/http://www.indian.co.uk/site/artists/sneaker-pimps|archive-date=18 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> They are best known for their debut album, ''[[Becoming X]]'' (1996), and its singles "[[6 Underground (song)|6 Underground]]" and "[[Spin Spin Sugar]]". The band takes its name from an article the [[Beastie Boys]] published in their ''[[Grand Royal]]'' magazine about a man they hired to track down classic [[athletic shoe|sneakers]].<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/Sneaker+Pimps/+wiki|title=Sneaker Pimps hometown, lineup, biography|publisher=Last.fm|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}{{unreliable source|date=June 2024|reason=User Generated Content}}</ref>

The band was founded by electronic musician [[Liam Howe]] and guitarist [[Chris Corner]]. They later recruited [[Kelli Ali]] (then known as Kelli Dayton) as lead singer,<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/sneaker-pimps|title=Sneaker Pimps|website=Sound on Sound|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/-a083245157| title=The Saturday Interview: Spreading the word on the secret fifth man - Ian Pickering; The Paul Groves Interview| date=2002-02-23| newspaper=[[Birmingham Post]]| access-date=2015-03-09}}</ref> plus guitarist Joe Wilson and drummer Dave Westlake as backup musicians. After ''[[Becoming X]]'', the band decided to replace Ali with Corner on vocals.<ref name="Kelli">{{cite web|last1=Ali|first1=Kelli|title=Biography: Sneaker Pimps|url=http://www.kelliali.com/assets/pages/biography/bands/sneakerpimps/|website=Kelliali.com|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831192422/http://www.kelliali.com/assets/pages/biography/bands/sneakerpimps/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Wilson and Westlake departed in 2002. In 2016 Howe and Corner revived the group after a lengthy hiatus.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.patreon.com/iamx|title=IAMX is creating Music & Visuals|website=Patreon|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sneakerpimpslegacy.com/50q-s-with-ian-pickering|title=50Q'S WITH IAN PICKERING|website=Sneaker Pimps Legacy|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> In 2021, they began releasing new music.<ref name="pearis">{{cite web|last=Pearis|first=Bill|title=Sneaker Pimps announce first record in nearly 20 years (watch a preview)|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/sneaker-pimps-announce-first-record-in-nearly-20-years-watch-a-preview/|work=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]|date=21 May 2021|access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref>

==History==
Chris Corner and Liam Howe met as teenagers in the 1980s,<ref name="auto1"/> both taking an interest in recording and studio experimentation. They banded together under the name F.R.I.S.K. and produced the ''Soul of Indiscretion'' [[Extended play|EP]], an early example of what became known as [[trip hop]]. The mix of beats and acoustic folk sounds was further explored on two more instrumental EPs: ''F.R.I.S.K.'' and ''World as a Cone''. They were signed to [[Clean Up Records]].<ref name="sneakerpimpsbe">{{cite web|url=http://www.sneakerpimps.be/biography.html|title=Biography|website=Sneakerpimps.be|access-date=2019-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103075155/http://www.sneakerpimps.be/biography.html|archive-date=3 November 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.discogs.com/artists/25357|title=F.R.I.S.K.|website=Discogs.com|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> The duo also worked as DJs and producers under the name Line of Flight.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Patterson|first1=Sylvia|title=Sneak Attack|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xbtTqjWx8FsC&pg=PA50|work=Spin|date=April 1997}}</ref>

Howe and Corner launched Sneaker Pimps as a recording group in 1994.<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=316}}</ref> The following year, they recruited Ian Pickering to help write lyrics for what would become Sneaker Pimps' debut album, ''[[Becoming X]]''.<ref name="auto3"/> Corner recorded vocals for several demo tracks, but the band decided the kind of music they were writing would better suit a female voice.<ref name="Howe">{{Cite web|url=https://amidio.com/|title=Amidio &#124; Music alive|website=Amidio.com|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220135443/https://amidio.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At their manager's suggestion, they saw [[Kelli Ali]] (then known as Kelli Dayton) performing in a pub with her band The Lumieres,<ref name="LarkinDM"/> and invited her to sing on some demos, including an early version of "6 Underground".<ref name="sneakerpimpsbe" /><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kelliali.com/assets/pages/biography/bands/sneakerpimps/|title=Kelli Ali Psychic Cat Times - Sneaker Pimps|website=kelliali.com|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831192422/http://www.kelliali.com/assets/pages/biography/bands/sneakerpimps/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She soon joined the band, and the demos won the group a contract with [[Virgin Records]].<ref name="auto4"/> The group was presented as a trio featuring Howe, Corner, and Ali; while bassist [[Joe Wilson (musician)|Joe Wilson]] and drummer Dave Westlake were added as supporting musicians.<ref name="auto5"/>

Released in 1996, ''Becoming X'' sold over one million copies.<ref name="Howe" /> The band toured for two years to support the album, including gigs alongside [[Aphex Twin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sneaker Pimps|url=http://www.pollstar.com/hotstar_article.aspx?ID=13374|website=Pollstar.com|date=1997-10-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612140750/http://www.pollstar.com/hotstar_article.aspx?ID=13374|archive-date=12 June 2015}}</ref> A "grueling" tour of the US strained relations within the band,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/dec/15/artsfeatures2|title=Pop review: Sneaker Pimps|last=Lester|first=Paul|date=2000-12-15|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-01-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and Howe left the tour prematurely.<ref name="auto4"/> A remix album, ''[[Becoming Remixed]]'', followed in 1998.

Howe and Corner then developed their own studio, also called Line of Flight after their earlier production work, and began sessions for the second Sneaker Pimps album.<ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto4"/> Kelli Ali had taken a break after the ''Becoming X'' tour and was away traveling, so Corner sang on the new demos.<ref name="auto4"/> When Ali returned, she was told by Howe and Corner that her voice was no longer considered suitable for their new music, and that Corner's voice was a better fit.<ref name="sneakerpimpsbe" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indian.co.uk/site/artists/sneaker-pimps|title=ONE LITTLE INDIAN {{!}} ARTISTS|website=indian.co.uk|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818101955/http://www.indian.co.uk/site/artists/sneaker-pimps|archive-date=18 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Due to other ongoing personality conflicts and the band's concern about being stereotyped as a faddish female-fronted trip-hop act,<ref name="auto5" /><ref name="Kelli"/> Ali was fired and Corner took over on lead vocals.

This significant lineup change caused Virgin Records to drop the band.<ref name="auto5"/> Their second album ''[[Splinter (Sneaker Pimps album)|Splinter]]'' was released in the UK on Clean Up Records in 1999, and failed to match the commercial success of ''Becoming X''.<ref name="circle">{{cite news|title=Everything But the Girl|url=http://www.sneakerpimps.it/web_rev.php#and_now|publisher=Campus Circle|date=2002-03-27|volume=12|issue=6}}</ref> New songs were premiered during a 2001 European tour opening for [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]].<ref name="sneakerpimpsbe" /> Their third album ''[[Bloodsport (album)|Bloodsport]]'' was released on [[Tommy Boy Records]] in 2002.<ref name="circle" /> Howe and Corner also gained notice by writing and producing for other artists, including [[Natalie Imbruglia]], and for remixing songs under the name Line of Flight.<ref name="auto2" />

In 2002, Joe Wilson and Dave Westlake left Sneaker Pimps.<ref name="auto">https://www.linkedin.com/in/joewilson22/?originalSubdomain=uk {{dead link|date=March 2021|bot=Dlmarial}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwestlake/ {{dead link|date=March 2021|bot=Dlmarial}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2003, a fourth Sneaker Pimps album was demoed but shelved. The album, which started as the soundtrack for an abandoned indie film project called ''Blind Michael'',<ref name="auto3" /> is referred to in fan circles as ''SP4''.<ref name="auto3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Sneaker-Pimps-SP4/release/11181051|title=Sneaker Pimps - SP4|website=Discogs.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> Corner then launched the solo project [[IAMX]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sneakerpimps.com/news.html|title=news|website=Sneakerpimps.com|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030812003638/http://www.sneakerpimps.com/news.html|archive-date=12 August 2003}}</ref> which included several songs from the ''SP4'' project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/IAMX-Kiss-Swallow/master/39527|title=IAMX - Kiss + Swallow|website=Discogs.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/IAMX-The-Alternative/master/39541|title=IAMX - The Alternative|website=Discogs.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> After some additional cancelled projects,<ref>https://www.sneakerpimpslegacy.com/give-it-another-angle {{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sneakerpimps.com/ |title=SNEAKERPIMPS.com :: official website |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201201449/http://sneakerpimps.com/ |archive-date=1 February 2009 }}</ref> in 2006 Howe and Corner recorded some new demo tracks with an unidentified female singer; the tracks turned up on a [[MiniDisc]] found in a bar in Russia and are now commonly referred to as ''SP5 demos''. The tracks were leaked online and were later confirmed to be legitimate new Sneaker Pimps songs.<ref name="auto3" /><ref>{{Citation|last=curtis8516|title=Sneaker Pimps - SP5 Demos|date=2017-06-19|url=https://archive.org/details/SneakerPimpsSP5Demos|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>

After several years of side projects, Howe hinted in 2015 that Sneaker Pimps may reform.<ref name="twitter.com">https://twitter.com/SneakerPimpsNow/status/594541947164962816 {{dead link|date=December 2019}}</ref> Corner confirmed the reunion in 2016,<ref>{{cite tweet|user=IAMX|author=IAMX|number=724329023250173952|date=24 April 2016|title=I just created a new folder .}}</ref> and as of early 2019 they were reportedly working on a new album.<ref name=":0" /> Deluxe box sets of previous albums and two new studio albums were announced to be released variously across 2021.<ref name="sneakerpimpslegacy.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sneakerpimpslegacy.com/|title=Sneaker Pimps Legacy &#124; United Kingdom|website=Sneaker Pimps Legacy}}</ref>

In May 2021, the band announced a new album entitled ''[[Squaring the Circle (album)|Squaring the Circle]]''.<ref name="pearis" /> The album was produced at Sawtooth Studios in [[Pioneertown, California]] and The Tower Studios in London.<ref name="pearis" /> Main vocals are shared by Corner and "featured artist" [[Simonne Jones]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Squaring The Circle, by Sneaker Pimps|url=https://sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com/album/squaring-the-circle|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Sneaker Pimps}}</ref> Five of the songs originate from the SP5 demos, "Lifeline" (originally "Samaritan"), "Child in the Dark" (originally "Satellite"), So Far Gone (originally "Sun Ate the Moon"), "Come Like the Cure" (originally "Elias") and "No Show" (originally "Rush").

==Members==
In the studio, the band regularly swapped instruments. As Corner explained during the recording sessions for ''Bloodsport'', "we tend towards jobs, but generally we can mix and match. If we get bored of one aspect, someone else jumps in the seat. Gone are the days where it’s like 'You’re the drummer, I’m the synth player."<ref name="auto2"/> When playing live, however, their roles were more fixed:

=== Current members ===
*[[Chris Corner]] - vocals, guitar, keyboards
*[[Liam Howe]] - keyboards, synths, programming, guitar, percussion

===Contributors and former members===
*[[Kelli Ali]] (vocals on ''Becoming X'')
*[[Joe Wilson (musician)|Joe Wilson]] (guitars, bass, backing vocals)
*[[Dave Westlake (musician)|Dave Westlake]] (drums, percussion)
*Ian Pickering (lyrics; live synths, bass and vocals)
* [[Simonne Jones]] ([[featured artist]] on ''Squaring the Circle'': main vocals, backing vocals, spoken word lyrics)<ref name="squaringAlbumBandcamp" />
* [[Cathy Davey]] (backing vocals on ''Squaring the Circle'')<ref name="squaringAlbumBandcamp" />
*[[Sue Denim]] (backing vocals and occasional lyrics)
*Zoe Durrant (backing vocals)
* Janine Gezang ([[IAMX]], backing vocals on ''Squaring the Circle'')<ref name="squaringAlbumBandcamp">[https://sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com/album/squaring-the-circle Squaring The Circle <nowiki>|</nowiki> Sneaker Pimps] (album). sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com</ref>
*Sarah McDonnell (backing vocals)
*[[Trash Money|Chris Tate]] (occasional live keyboards)
*[[Noel Fielding]] (occasional live guitar)<ref>[https://www.sneakerpimpslegacy.com/sp4 SP4 <nowiki>|</nowiki> Sneaker Pimps Legacy]</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="8"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
|-
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK">UK chart peaks:
* {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/883/sneaker-pimps/ |title=UK chart peaks |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=10 October 2020 }}
* {{cite book |title= British Hit Singles & Albums |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006| edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=9781904994107}}
* <nowiki>*Chart Log UK </nowiki>{{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM|title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010: S> Sneaker Pimps|publisher=zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz|access-date=10 October 2020|archive-date=22 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322040621/http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM|url-status=dead}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK<br />Indie]]<br /><ref>UK independent albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/19991031/131/ |title=Splinter |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}
</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS">Australian ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA Chart]]) peaks:
* Top 100 peaks: {{cite Ryan|page=258}}
* "Spin Spin Sugar" and "Post Modern Sleaze": {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716153430/http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg|url=http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg|archive-date=2015-07-16|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015|access-date=18 October 2015|publisher=[[Imgur]]}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="AUT">{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sneaker+Pimps |title=Austrian chart peaks |publisher=austriancharts.at |access-date=10 October 2020}}
</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref>Canadian albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3505&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3505.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3505 |title=Becoming X |date=17 July 2013 |publisher=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}
</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br /><ref>Scottish albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19970615/40/ |title=Becoming X |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}
</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref>US albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_gkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Becoming+X%22&pg=PA18 |title=Becoming X |date=30 August 1997 |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US<br />Heat.]]<br /><ref>US Heatseekers albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQoEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Becoming+X%22&pg=PA23 |title=Becoming X |date=20 September 1997 |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Becoming X]]''
|
* Released: 19 August 1996
* Label: [[One Little Independent Records|Clean-up]] <small>(#CUP020)</small>
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[LP record|LP]], [[Cassette tape|CS]]
| 27 || — || 55 || — || 80 || 47 || 111 || 1
|
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Sneaker Pimps|access-date=26 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Splinter (Sneaker Pimps album)|Splinter]]''
|
* Released: 25 October 1999
* Label: [[One Little Independent Records|Clean-up]] <small>(#CUP040)</small>
* Formats: CD, LP
| 80 || 13 || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bloodsport (album)|Bloodsport]]''
|
* Released: 22 January 2002
* Label: [[Tommy Boy Records|Tommy Boy]] <small>(#TB1532)</small>
* Formats: CD, LP
| — || — || — || 68 || — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Squaring the Circle (album)|Squaring the Circle]]''
|
* Released: 10 September 2021<ref name="squaringAlbumApple" />
* Label: Unfall<ref name="squaringAlbumApple">[https://music.apple.com/us/album/squaring-the-circle/1580623342 Squaring the Circle by Sneaker Pimps on Apple Music] Retrieved on 30 September 2021</ref> <small>(#ORP006)</small>
* Formats: CD, Digital, LP
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===EPs===
* ''Low Five'' (digital remix EP) (2005)
* ''Loretta Young Silks'' (digital remix EP) (2005)
* ''Rework Collection 1'' (2021)<ref>[https://sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com/album/rework-collection-1 Rework Collection 1 | Sneaker Pimps]. sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com, [retrieved 2021-09-10]</ref>
* ''Rework Collection 2'' (2021)<ref>[https://sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com/album/rework-collection-2 Rework Collection 2 | Sneaker Pimps]. sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com, [retrieved 2021-11-07]</ref>
* ''Rework Collection 3'' (2022)<ref>[https://sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com/album/rework-collection-3 Rework Collection 3 | Sneaker Pimps]. sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com, [retrieved 2022-05-26]</ref>
* ''Rework Collection 4'' (2022)<ref>[https://twitter.com/SneakerPimpsNow/status/1530183620375232513 Sneaker Pimps Twitter status on 27. May 2022], [retrieved 2022-05-28]</ref>

=== Singles ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title
! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" | Certifications
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Album
|-
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK"/>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Dance Singles and Albums Charts|UK<br />Dance]]<br /><ref>UK dance singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19970309/104/ |title=Spin Spin Sugar |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19970601/104/ |title=6 Underground (re-issue) |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19970824/104/ |title=Post Modern Sleaze |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19980201/104/ |title=Spin Spin Sugar (re-issue) |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19990815/104/ |title=Low Five |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19991024/104/ |title=Ten to Twenty |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK<br />Indie]]<br /><ref>Independent singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/19980201/130/ |title=Spin Spin Sugar (re-issue) |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/19990815/130/ |title=Low Five |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/19991024/130/ |title=Ten to Twenty |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20020331/130/ |title=Sick |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS"/>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian dance chart|CAN<br />Dance]]<br /><ref>Canadian dance singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=9466& |title=Spin Spin Sugar |date=17 July 2013 |publisher=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[European Hot 100 Singles|EUR]]<br /><ref>European singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/97/MM-1997-03-22-OCR-Page-0017.pdf |title=Spin Spin Sugar |publisher=[[Music & Media]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/97/MM-1997-06-21-OCR-Page-0016.pdf |title=6 Underground (re-issue) |publisher=[[Music & Media]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br /><ref>Scottish singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19961013/41/ |title=6 Underground |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19970309/41/ |title=Spin Spin Sugar |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19970601/41/ |title=6 Underground (re-issue) |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19970824/41/ |title=Post Modern Sleaze |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19980201/41/ |title=Spin Spin Sugar (re-issue) |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19990815/41/ |title=Low Five |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19991024/41/ |title=Ten to Twenty |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}
</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref>US singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-09-20 |title=6 Underground |date=2 January 2013 |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-11-22 |title=Spin Spin Sugar |date=2 January 2013 |publisher=Billboard |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Dance Club Songs|US<br />Dance]]<br /><ref>US dance singles chart peaks:
* Spin Spin Sugar: {{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=238}}
* {{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_AwEAAAAMBAJ&q=sneaker+pimps |title=Sick |date=14 September 2002 |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Alternative Airplay|US<br />Alt.]]<br /><ref>US modern rock singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_gkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%226+underground%22&pg=PA101 |title=6 Underground |date=30 August 1997 |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

|-
| rowspan="3"| 1996
| style="text-align:left;"| "Tesko Suicide"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| rowspan="7"| ''Becoming X''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Roll On"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[6 Underground (song)|6 Underground]]"
| 15 || — || — || 62 || — || — || 17 || 45 || — || 7
|
* BPI: Silver<ref name=BPI/>
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1997
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Spin Spin Sugar]]"
| 21 || 1 || — || 126 || 2 || 67 || 28 || 87 || 2 || —
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "6 Underground" <small>(re-issue)</small>
| 9 || 10 || — || — || — || 67 || 11 || — || — || —
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Post-Modern Sleaze]]"
| 22 || 4 || — || 143 || — || — || 22 || — || — || —
|
|-
| 1998
| style="text-align:left;"| "Spin Spin Sugar" <small>(re-issue)</small>
| 46 || 3 || 9 || — || — || — || 70 || — || — || —
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1999
| style="text-align:left;"| "Low Five"
| 39 || 23 || 8 || — || — || — || 47 || — || — || —
|
| rowspan="2"| ''Splinter''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Ten to Twenty"
| 56 || 38 || 9 || — || — || — || 68 || — || — || —
|
|-
| 2001
| style="text-align:left;"| "7th High" <small>(with [[Double 99]])</small>
| 114 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2002
| style="text-align:left;"| "Sick"
| 100 || — || 24 || — || — || — || — || — || 16 || —
|
| rowspan="3"| ''Bloodsport''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Bloodsport"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Loretta Young Silks"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2021
| style="text-align:left;"| "Squaring the Circle"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| rowspan="3" |''Squaring the Circle''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Fighter"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Alibis"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|2022
| style="text-align:left;"| "Love Me Stupid" (Simonne Jones Remix)
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|''Rework Collection 3''
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===Promo singles===
*2002 "Kiro TV"
*2002 "M'Aidez"

===Other appearances===
* "[[Long Hard Road out of Hell]]", a collaboration with [[Marilyn Manson]] on the ''[[Spawn (1997 film)#Soundtrack|Spawn Soundtrack]]'' (1997)
* "Velvet Divorce", a song on the [[A Life Less Ordinary#Soundtrack|''A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack'']] (1997)

=== Music videos ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1996
|"Tesko Suicide"
|Liam Howe and Joe Wilson
| rowspan="5" |Released on the 2001 DVD ''The Videos''.
|-
|"Spin Spin Sugar"
| rowspan="2" |Toby Tremlett
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997
|"6 Underground"
|-
|"Post-Modern Sleaze"
|[[Howard Greenhalgh]]
|-
|1999
|"Low Five"
|Tom Gidley
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
|"Sick"
|Simon Smyth
|
|-
|"Loretta Young Silks"
|Liam Howe
|Featuring [[Honor Blackman]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2004
|"First and Careless Rapture"{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
|Chris Corner
| rowspan="2" |Unreleased
|-
|"Missile"{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}<br />(do not confuse with [[Missile (IAMX song)|IAMX single]])
|Unknown
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
| "Fighter"
| Chris Corner
| Featuring Janine Gezang ([[IAMX]]) as ''fighter''.
|-
| "Alibis"
| Chris Corner
| "A combination of animated still scanned photography and macro video."<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.facebook.com/sneakerpimpsmusic/posts/233162635491084| title = Sneaker Pimps 22 September 2021 on Facebook| website = [[Facebook]]}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|"Love Me Stupid (Simonne Jones Remix)"
|Chris Corner
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web| url=http://www.sneakerpimpslegacy.com/|title=Sneaker Pimps Legacy}} New and regularly updated Sneaker Pimps resource website
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226044234/http://www.sneakerpimps.com/ |date=26 February 2009 |title=Sneakerpimps.com}}
* {{cite web| url=http://www.sneakerpimps.be/| title=Sneaker Pimps Unofficial Website| url-status=bot: unknown| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228021308/http://www.sneakerpimps.be/| archive-date=28 December 2005}}
* {{cite web| url=http://www.sneakerpimps.it/|title=the Sneaker Box}} Italian fan site.
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041209091505/http://www.phantomlimbsting.co.uk/meanings/ |date=9 December 2004 |title=The Stories Behind The Songs }}
* {{cite web
| url=http://gashaus.com/home/43-bands/686-the-sneaker-pimps-trip-hop-is-dead.html
| title=The Sneaker Pimps: Trip-Hop is Dead
| first=Keith
| last=Kirchner
| date=2008-12-06
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617013606/http://gashaus.com/home/43-bands/686-the-sneaker-pimps-trip-hop-is-dead.html
| archive-date=2010-06-17
| url-status=dead}}

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