Richard X ‘Being Scrubbed’

byMat Smith
June 8, 2023

Producer Richard X talks about his Girls On Top single ‘Being Scrubbed’, the pioneering 2001 mash-up of early Human League and TLC tracks

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Richard X ‘Being Scrubbed’

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Mat Smith

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Tony James ‘Love Missile F1-11’

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Richard X ‘Being Scrubbed’

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