Female of the Species the hand. The song's distinctive style and lyrics led to it being used in TV and films, including the theme song to the UK drama "Cold Feet", the 1997 film "The Matchmaker" starring Janeane Garofalo, during the end credits of the popular movie "" (in the so-called 'Fembot Mix', available on the Original Soundtrack), and in the "Daria" episode "College Bored". It gained further popularity in the UK when used in a 1998 advert (with a cameo appearance by Quentin Crisp) for the bodyspray ""Impulse"". The song's name is a reference to the 1911 Rudyard Kipling poem "The Female of
Deadlier Than the Male (song) "The female of the species must be deadlier than the male", and also refers to Sapper's earlier Drummond book "The Female of the Species". "Deadlier Than the Male" was a minor hit spending six weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at #32. The single was released concurrently that December with the EP "Solo John/Solo Scott". The low sales of the single may have been hit by the label's strategy of releasing them both at once. The single is essentially a Scott Walker solo release as he sang lead vocals and wrote/co-wrote both tracks. Previously Scott had only contributed