3 Things to Know About Portishead's 'Sour Times'

It was the second single from Dummy Released in August 1994, it followed ‘Numb’ and preceded ‘Glory Box’.

It became the album’s most successful single The track outperformed the other two singles from Dummy in commercial success.

It helped define trip hop with a Lalo Schifrin sample The song samples ‘Danube Incident’ by Lalo Schifrin, a key element in establishing the genre’s signature sound.