In the US, "Stutter" stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine weeks, peaking at No. Equally interesting is the flip side, 'Pussycat'." In 2012, NME ranked the song at number 53 in its list of the "100 Best Tracks of the Nineties". The energetic tone here, however, is uplifting-not brooding. Both acts feature sassy fronting females, impatient melodies, and gritty guitar riffs. Writing for Billboard, Larry Flick included "Stutter" in his Critic's Choice list, writing: "It may be a stretch, but this indie quartet is best described as a better-natured Hole. In a review of the band’s self-titled album, Douglas Wolk of CMJ New Music Monthly wrote: "Elastica's best moments are all on its own, especially the astonishing single 'Stutter '". Spin wrote that " Stutter delivers four brilliant pop songs". The song received positive reviews from music critics.
"Stutter" was included as the 14th track on Elastica's 1995 self-titled debut album, and it was also included on the 2002 20th Century Masters collection, Best of Brit Pop. To avoid overexposure, the song was deliberately not worked into North American radio until later in 1995, after which it charted in both the US and Canada. Although it was a limited edition of only 1,500 pressings, the single generated enormous media exposure for the band: based solely on the strength of it, Elastica was voted Best New Band in the year's-end Readers Poll in Melody Maker. It was released initially as a 7" only and sold out within one day. "Stutter" was first released in November 1993 for the independent Deceptive label. The lyrics are about "the occasional problem of drunken male impotence." Release The song is a little over two minutes long and contains just two verses and two choruses because Frischmann thought that any more would be unnecessary. "Stutter" was written by Elastica's lead singer, Justine Frischmann.
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