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{{Infobox song
| name = Operate
| cover = Peaches-operate-cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]]
| album = [[Fatherfucker]]
| released = September 8, 2003
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = *[[Electroclash]]
*[[dance-punk]]
| length =
| label = [[XL Recordings]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]]|Sticky Henderson<ref>[https://www.orangeville.com/news-story/4114036-henderson-releases-long-awaited-solo-cd/ Henderson releases long-awaited solo CD] ''[[Orangeville.com]]''. Retrieved 2022-08-03.</ref>}}
| producer = Peaches
| prev_title = [[Grab My Shaft]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[We Don't Play Guitars]]
| next_year = 2003
}}

"'''Operate'''" is a song written and recorded by [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]] and Sticky Henderson. The song was released as a double limited vinyl A-side with "[[Shake Yer Dix]]" to promote the release of her second studio album ''[[Fatherfucker]]''.

==Track listing==
*'''UK CD single'''<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Peaches-Operate/release/1280361 Peaches - Operate] ''[[Discogs]]''. Retrieved 2010-06-10.</ref>
# "Operate" – 3:28
# "[[Shake Yer Dix]]" – 3:32

==Song usage==
"Operate" has been used in movies ''[[Mean Girls]]'' and ''[[Waiting... (film)|Waiting...]]''. The song was also used in the American television series ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'' (episode title: [[List of Las Vegas episodes#Season 1 (2003–2004)|New Orleans]]).<ref name="imdb">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1558470/ Peaches - Filmography] ''[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]''. Retrieved 2010-06-10.</ref>

In 2017, following the release of Taylor Swift's "[[Look What You Made Me Do]]", some commentators suggested that the song sampled "Operate".<ref name="AltPress sample">{{cite web |last1=Dickman |first1=Maggie |title=Taylor Swift's new song "LWYMMD" clearly samples Peaches' "Operate" |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/taylor_swift_look_what_you_made_me_do_peaches_operate/ |website=Alternative Press |access-date=February 17, 2022 |date=August 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name="EW sample">{{cite magazine |last1=Vain |first1=Madison |title=The internet thinks Taylor Swift secretly sampled Peaches' Mean Girls song |url=https://ew.com/music/2017/08/25/taylor-swift-peaches-mean-girls-sample-speculation/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=February 17, 2022 |date=August 25, 2017}}</ref> Some speculated that the alleged sample was a reference to a Katy Perry tweet warning people to "watch out for the [[Regina George (Mean Girls)|Regina George]] in sheep's clothing"; George appeared in the ''Mean Girls'' scene which featured the Peaches song.<ref name="W mag sample">{{cite web |last1=Munzenrieder |first1=Kyle |title=Taylor Swift's New Songs Keep Getting Compared to Old Hipster Hits |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/taylor-swift-ready-for-it-sleigh-bells-peaches-samples |website=W |access-date=February 17, 2022 |date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> For a time, music annotation website [[Genius (website)|Genius]] listed "Operate" as being sampled in the Swift single.<ref name="AltPress sample" />

Writing for the ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'', Maggie Dickman argued that Swift's song "''clearly'' sounds like" the Peaches song, and also remarked that Swift's music video was similar to Peaches'.<ref name="AltPress sample" /> In an article for ''[[W (magazine)|W]]'', Kyle Munzenrieder argued that the beat in Swift's song sounded similar but not the same, since it was "cleaner and more toned down".<ref name="W mag sample" /> In her liner notes, Swift credited a sample of the Right Said Fred song "[[I'm Too Sexy]]", but did not list the Peaches song as a sample.<ref name="EW sample" />

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2003)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="Zob">{{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_P.HTM|title=Chart Log UK : Rodney P. - Pussycat Dolls|access-date=2010-04-30|publisher=Zobbel}}</ref>
| 112
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Peaches (musician)}}

[[Category:2003 songs]]
[[Category:Electroclash songs]]
[[Category:Peaches (musician) songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Peaches (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Peaches (musician)]]
[[Category:XL Recordings singles]]

Operate - Revision history

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