Female of the Species the Species", which has as its refrain: "The female of the species is more deadly than the male". In one instance Kipling uses the word "deadlier"; the song replaces that word with the phrase "more deadly". Female of the Species "Female of the Species" is a song by the English rock band Space, released as their fourth single, and second single proper from their debut album "Spiders" on 27 May 1996, reaching #14 in the UK charts. It was the band's only entry on any music chart in the U.S. when it peaked at #15 on the Hot Modern Rock
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