"Living Type" was released with one
b-side track, dubbed "Other Delicacies". The track consisted of six 90
second blocks of music, with
instrumental backgrounds.
Guitarist Darren Middleton explained that the single would only have two tracks listed, and when referring to "Other Delicacies", said that "all the songs are recorded in a block so you can't skip them, you have to listen to the whole [single]". "Living Type" was first performed live by Powderfinger whilst opening for
You Am I on their "Uptight Express Tour". The shows were considered highly successful; much more so than Powderfinger's live performances with American
heavy metal band
Pantera, which the band found to be problematic.
Song meanings Whilst there was some speculation that "Living Type" was "a cheesy, angsty love song", Powderfinger's
lead singer,
Bernard Fanning (who wrote the song), said it was actually about
Charles Manson, and the people affected by his
cult. Fanning said that he was unable to control what people thought about the song, and so didn't try, but that "cheesy love song" that it had been dubbed was "not the intention" of the song. In a subsequent
interview, Fanning told
Juice that people had been asking him if "Living Type" was about
menstruation, which he dismissed as being "so stupid". However, he also re-iterated his statement that he was unable to control interpretations of the song, saying that "people have a freedom to think what they like". ==Music video==