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About This Track
“Robot Rock” is the first single from Daft Punk’s 2005 album Human After All. Whilst the single reached a moderately high chart position, many critics found the song overly repetitive. It prominently features sampled portions of “Release the Beast” performed by Breakwater.
“Robot Rock” is based around a sample from the Breakwater song “Release the Beast”, which features a riff played on an oscillator sync patch on an analog synthesizer. In addition, Daft Punk incorporated other elements of the “Release the Beast” into the production, including percussion and power chords on an electric guitar. A talk box vocal phrase featuring the title of Daft Punk’s single was also added to the recording. The Breakwater sample is credited on the single’s sleeve and on the liner notes of the parent Human After All album. This was not the first time Daft Punk have sampled a song to create a new recording, as “Digital Love” would be a noted example.
The Breakwater sample is absent from the “Maximum Overdrive” remix of “Robot Rock”, which consists of the song’s other elements for a duration of nearly six minutes. A music video for this remix has been shot and included on the Daft Punk Musique Vol. 1 1993-2005 compilation CD/DVD.
The song was also used in the film Iron Man 2, in a scene where James Rhodes fights Tony Stark while both wear Iron Man (robot) suits.
“Robot Rock” is based around a sample from the Breakwater song “Release the Beast”, which features a riff played on an oscillator sync patch on an analog synthesizer. In addition, Daft Punk incorporated other elements of the “Release the Beast” into the production, including percussion and power chords on an electric guitar. A talk box vocal phrase featuring the title of Daft Punk’s single was also added to the recording. The Breakwater sample is credited on the single’s sleeve and on the liner notes of the parent Human After All album. This was not the first time Daft Punk have sampled a song to create a new recording, as “Digital Love” would be a noted example.
The Breakwater sample is absent from the “Maximum Overdrive” remix of “Robot Rock”, which consists of the song’s other elements for a duration of nearly six minutes. A music video for this remix has been shot and included on the Daft Punk Musique Vol. 1 1993-2005 compilation CD/DVD.
The song was also used in the film Iron Man 2, in a scene where James Rhodes fights Tony Stark while both wear Iron Man (robot) suits.
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Human After All
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Shouts
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razkil wrote:
come on, you know the lyrics. sing-along.
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vehelits wrote:
If you don't like this gtfo Tron newfags [5] You know who you are.
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JeffyBoyy wrote:
I like the part where they say "Robot Rock" =D [10]
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raceofdoom wrote:
i've always loved this song. probs BECAUSE of the repetition...
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DesolateStreet wrote:
Boring, repetitive, useless.
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nikachy wrote:
If you don't like this gtfo Tron newfags [4]
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dewfish wrote:
I like the part where they say "Robot Rock" =D [9]
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nascarfan15 wrote:
I like the part where they say "Robot Rock" =D [8]
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sliceouttaluck wrote:
We should dance.
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save_the_hobos wrote:
feels like i'm in a movie ... a good movie
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weakeen wrote:
RACK-wanawanawauumm RAW BAT RACK-wanawanawauumm
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little_nin wrote:
Always like listening to this
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cbennett0715 wrote:
Good song, not their best by any means though
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T0Rtur3 wrote:
sweet
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tinosoft89 wrote:
I like the part where they say "Robot Rock" =D [7]
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Wulner wrote:
amazingly epic. amen.
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Grimmoire wrote:
And people say Human After All is bad.
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synysterangel wrote:
But it's the best repetition ever! I cannot stop dancing.
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michael-r101 wrote:
ROCK!!! Ro-bot ROCK!!!!!
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goldengriffin90 wrote:
SO. MUCH. REPETITION!
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