Bloc PartySong For Clay (Disappear Here) (4:49)

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“Song for Clay (Disappear Here)” is the opening track from Bloc Party’s second album A Weekend in the City and was set to be the fourth single released from the album. A portion of the song was used in an advertisement for The O.C. on UK channel E4. The song was also used in the teaser trailer for Ben 10: Race Against Time.

The song is inspired by Bret Easton Ellis’ novel Less Than Zero whose main character’s name is Clay. Lyrics in the song include “People are afraid to merge on the freeways” which is a recurring line in the book, and is similar to the opening sentence in the novel. “Disappear Here” is seen on a billboard in the novel, and appears recurrently throughout. Other lyrics, such as “I live the dream” and “When we kiss, I feel nothing” coincide with common topics in the book.

The song was replaced as the fourth single in favour of the band’s newly recorded song Flux.
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  • LAK95

    helicopter, the prayer and song for clay - all great!

    March 2012
  • Rahzzy

    Great book and great song. Disappear here.

    October 2011
  • riazor

    Song for Kele.

    September 2011
  • Llaputa

    Turns me upside down and inside out. Freakin epic.

    August 2011
  • kissesneverdie

    I'm afraid to merge on the freeway. I keep saying I'm going to read Less Than Zero but never get around to it. Love the song, think it's my favorite by them.

    June 2011
  • fnlasmar

    Uhuuuuuuuuuuuu

    April 2011
  • Chessplayer63

    Zeitgeist

    February 2011
  • articpenguin

    I laughed when I saw this for the first time since the book's been a favorite of mine for quite some time.

    November 2010
  • novachoek

    Best Bloc party song.

    October 2010
  • reggi3rej

    THE BEST"!

    October 2010
  • HiBECCI

    where I might reconsider being.. em, ha,ha.

    October 2010
  • pouncing_panda

    So depressing and so true - the underside of being a 20something Londoner.

    October 2010
  • noalarms

    I love the novel and book but didn't make the connection till now. Great stuff.

    August 2010
  • rinaxused

    I read the novel after I fell in love with this song and it was fucking disturbing. But it made me love the song even more and made me discover a great writer.

    August 2010
  • kflorence

    My favorite.

    July 2010
  • prime1128

    Yeah I want to read the novel now too.

    June 2010
  • zilviamuuuusic

    I think we all have felt like this. The instrumental part of it is just amazing. Have to read that novel as soon as possible, I've always planned to and now that I discovered that this song is inspired by it, I just have to.

    March 2010
  • Ask_hat

    awesome ^_^

    March 2010
  • rinaxused

    oh how are parents, they suffered for nothing. live the dream, live the dream like the 80's never happened. people are afraid, are afraid to merge on the freeway. disappear here. / i love those lyrics! ♥

    February 2010
  • panibumbum666

    I looooooooooove it !! <333

    February 2010
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