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About This Track
“Helicopter” is a song by British indie rock band Bloc Party. It was first released as a single from their 2004 EP Little Thoughts on October 25, 2004 in Europe and released again on February 21, 2006 in the US.
It was rumored to be about George W. Bush being elected president of U.S.A., but the band has denied this, with lead singer Kele Okereke telling press it was partially about himself.
There are two videos for the song. A European video was produced, filmed in black and white, featuring shaky and fuzzy shots. But in the U.S., the video for “The Pioneers” was edited and used as the video for “Helicopter”.
“Helicopter” is featured in several video games (FIFA 06, Burnout Revenge, Marc Eckō’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, Project Gotham Racing 3 and as a playable track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero: On Tour). Portions of the song have also been used in television shows (Malcolm in the Middle, The Friday Night Project) and films (Grandma’s Boy, Yes Man and the surfing film Campaign 2).
It was rumored to be about George W. Bush being elected president of U.S.A., but the band has denied this, with lead singer Kele Okereke telling press it was partially about himself.
There are two videos for the song. A European video was produced, filmed in black and white, featuring shaky and fuzzy shots. But in the U.S., the video for “The Pioneers” was edited and used as the video for “Helicopter”.
“Helicopter” is featured in several video games (FIFA 06, Burnout Revenge, Marc Eckō’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, Project Gotham Racing 3 and as a playable track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero: On Tour). Portions of the song have also been used in television shows (Malcolm in the Middle, The Friday Night Project) and films (Grandma’s Boy, Yes Man and the surfing film Campaign 2).
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Silent Alarm
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Little Thoughts EP
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Shouts
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PietroAlfonso wrote:
FIFA 06 RULES
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JoyFormidable wrote:
fucking love this tune!!!!1!1!1!!oneoneone
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riotrhythms wrote:
simply amazing
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DarthYankee wrote:
Loved this track since FIFA 06.
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Trapped-x wrote:
are you hoping for a miracle?
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Storchel wrote:
One of their best songs. While I love their songs, it's a shame they didn't do more in this style.[2]
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CAMF111 wrote:
LOVE IT!!!
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hibsta9 wrote:
no.1 all-time favourite song.
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PhoenixSparks wrote:
One of my favorite bloc party songs!!
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pamuk77 wrote:
now this is a song!!!!!!
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Storchel wrote:
My ringtone :p
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maiaa6 wrote:
looooveee
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NoMelody wrote:
the best of Bloc Party - ever ! [2]
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segiterrus wrote:
Song about Bush LOL
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isadora_empire wrote:
stop being... so american
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yanlennon wrote:
Nossa, muito boa.
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dnz81 wrote:
the best of Bloc Party - ever !
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innerspeaker wrote:
Fucking guitar ATTACK!
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gamersgene wrote:
got this shit on repeat
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spusl wrote:
such a great live band!
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