Released in June 2005, this was the first 'proper' single to be released from the second album, 'Very Fast Very Dangerous'. It was made available on CD and vinyl, with a different single b-side on each format. It was received well in the music press, even earning the band a thumbs up from The Sun, who called it 'seriously loud'. The song demonstrated the simpler, more heads-down approach to rock and roll that features on the second album, which left some fans wondering where the clever twists and turns and time-changes had gone, and even though single only reached number 59, the single sold the most copies in the first week of any of the band's singles to date.

The tracks:

A Kick In The Mouth One of the newest songs on the album, it was originally nicknamed 'the Hawaiian song' because of its fifties-style drum beat and guitar line.

No Exit Wound (CD only) An extremely old song that featured on the band's first ever demo, 'Betrayed', back when they were called Angel.

Seated Near (Vinyl only) A cover of a song by Farnborough band Floor, who became Hundred Reasons. The first cover the band had ever recorded, intended as the first in a series of covers by local bands who have long since disappeared in the hope of pointing fans towards their musical roots.

The facts:

A Kick In The Mouth is tuned down to B, a depth only previously plumbed on 'Wrong And Sorry,' to give a deep, filthy sound to what is otherwise an good old fashioned, catchy rock and roll song.

Jim almost didn't play the riff to the rest of the band as it was so dumb and rock and roll, and at best hoped for it to be a little b-side.

The solo drums at the beginning of the song were played by Chris Sheldon.

Both the b sides on this single were recorded at Jacob's studios in Farnham with Sam Bell, who they recorded the album demos with.

The band decided to re-record old song 'No Exit Wound' after fans kept requesting its appearance.

Floor were a band from Farnborough that featured four out of five members of Hundred Reasons. They were the heroes of Reuben in the days when they were called Angel and played the Tumbledown Dick pub several times a week, often with Floor.

The videos for 'A Kick In The Mouth' and follow up single 'Keep It To Yourself' were filmed back to back in one weekend and were the most expensive videos so far as they were both shot on film. The 'Kick' video was shot in a studio in London with seven real dancers and Ryan Maunder, the engineer who worked on the album, and who appears in all the single sleeves as well as starring in the video for 'Keep...'

Maunder also created a remix of the single which he played to the boys at the 'kick' video shoot. They liked it.