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“Mercury” is a song by Bloc Party which was released as a single on 11 August 2008. It was produced by Jacknife Lee. Like “Flux”, the band’s previous single, the song uses mostly electronic instruments. The song was first played on Zane Lowe’s show on Radio 1 on 7 July 2008 and was uploaded to the Radio 1 website about fifteen minutes later. The single was made available for digital download on July 10. The track was named Single of the Week on music website DrownedinSound.com on 11 August 2008. It has so far peaked at 16 on the UK Singles Chart.

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The music video for “Mercury”, directed by Ace Norton, was simultaneously unveiled along with the song. It portrays monkey scientists placing an assortment of body parts into a body. The resulting creature, which has a bull’s head, a crab’s pincer, and a hairy human body then rises in popularity among the world, eventually becoming the president of the United States. The entire time, the scientists are controlling it. Eventually, the creature (named Smith) goes to war with other countries to get bananas for the monkey scientists. It was made available to view on Bloc Party’s website.

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Song: "Mercury"
Artist: Bloc Party
Album: "Mercury" (2008)

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JesWOneS wrote:
last week

man this beat is fierce!

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BlindLor wrote:
15 days ago

I just love them <333333

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NIGHTCRAWLER232 wrote:
17 days ago

I LIKE THIS SONG. LISTEN TO THE HORNS AND THE DRUM ...HOT ONE.

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MasterSmoky wrote:
last month

the song is cool

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fluxed wrote:
last month

I love this song! It was one of the best tracks they played on Tuesday.

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NikNik85 wrote:
last month

ugh. love Bloc Party, but not this song.

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madskillz84 wrote:
last month

remember when bloc party didn't suck

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jessepete wrote:
last month

:(

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XtinaTse wrote:
last month

i like this band, but some of their songs are just fucking annoying.

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gossipboytch24 wrote:
September 2009

This band is the best

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lcqueen4 wrote:
September 2009

great

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bulletproof_89 wrote:
September 2009

great ! <3

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Merowinger110 wrote:
September 2009

Good Song!

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imcuminin wrote:
September 2009

whoot^^

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ryujijitei wrote:
September 2009

I dunno, I think Ares is a LOT worse. Seriously, the vocals in that song are annoying as hell, and I normally like Kele's vocals.

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bonnyrivers16 wrote:
August 2009

I love the chaos the horns cause, especially how it increases throughout the song.

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jachu1991 wrote:
August 2009

4/10

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PaulineNeufeld wrote:
August 2009

tanzbar tanzbar tanzbar...

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arturovito wrote:
August 2009

Jacknife Lee FTW

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arturovito wrote:
August 2009

Those horns are nuts. I remember when this track came out critics were comparing it to Speakerboxxx/The Love Below-era OutKast. Fun to sing at karaoke, too. The bridge really lets you use your pipes and the cut-up refrain is fun to sing.

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