"Fruit Machine" is the first official single released by Salford band The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings are an English music duo comprising Jules de Martino and Katie White . They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Studios in Salford...

 in 2007. The single was limited to a 500-copy run.

The vinyl was only available for fans of The Ting Tings to buy at their live shows. Every single released had different cover art. This is because at every concert, a hundred blank seven-inch sleeves were pinned to a wall, making a canvas on which fans could create an overall piece of artwork that, once dismantled, were used as the sleeves for the singles. The making of the sleeves was also filmed and then shown in real time at each consecutive venue.

The song has a short guitar solo

Guitar solo

In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...

 by vocalist and guitarist Katie White

Katie White

Katie Rebecca White is an English musician most famous for her work with pop group The Ting Tings. After some success with a girl group punk trio TKO supporting Steps and Atomic Kitten her father David White brought in Jules De Martino to write songs for TKO and Katie and Jules formed The Ting...

. Tremolo picking

Tremolo picking

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 and distortion

Distortion

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 are used.

Re-release

The song was to receive its full UK release on 9 February 2009, it however was cancelled a week before its released date, being removed from every retailers database. Two weeks later though, their next single would be released, "We Walk

We Walk (The Ting Tings song)

"We Walk" is a song by English duo The Ting Tings. It is the sixth and final single from the duo's debut album We Started Nothing. According to The Ting Tings' official Facebook profile, the single was released on 23 February 2009, just before the band's UK Tour...

". "Fruit Machine" had already charted on the Australian club chart at 37.

Track listing

Regular CD

1. "Fruit Machine" - 2:54
2. "Fruit Machine" - 2:28

Remixes Promo CD

1. "Fruit Machine" (Bimbo Jones
   Bimbo Jones
   Bimbo Jones is a UK dance music group comprising producers Lee Dagger and Marc JB and vocalist Katherine Ellis. Known for their remix work and white label releases, they produced a remix of Meck's 2006 UK number-one single "Thunder in My Heart Again"...
   
    Remix) - 6:12
2. "Fruit Machine" (Bimbo Jones Dub) - 6:24
3. "Fruit Machine" (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit) - 3:09
4. "Fruit Machine" (Dave Spoon
   Dave Spoon
   Simon Neale, better known as Dave Spoon, is a radio DJ and dance music producer. He is part of the line-up on BBC Radio 1's 'In New DJs We Trust' feature, which runs Thursday night/Friday morning 2am to 4am...
   
   Vocal Mix) - 5:57
5. "Fruit Machine" (Dave Spoon Dub) - 5:42

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak position
2009	ARIA Australian Club Chart	#15