Do You Realize??

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"Do You Realize??"
Single by The Flaming Lips
from the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Released	August 19, 2002
Format	7", CD, Maxi-CD, DVD
Recorded	June 2000 - April 2002
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:32
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker
Chart positions
#32 (UK Singles Chart)
Alternative covers
CD2 single cover

"Do You Realize??" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single taken from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, and reaching #32 in the UK Singles Chart. It has been remixed multiple times and released on the DVD for the album. It is widely considered to be one of the group's more accessible (and popular) songs.

Contents 1 Information 1.1 Wayne Coyne's comments on the song 2 UK Tracklisting 3 External links

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"Do You Realize??" is based around a melodic soundscape that focuses more on synthesizers than guitars, which is very common on Yoshimi..., and follows a chorus-verse-chorus-verse-chorus structure. It was featured in television commercials for VH1 and Mitsubishi, where the song was edited to downplay the lyric "Everyone you know someday will die". It was also featured in a Hewlett-Packard advertisement in 2002, featuring lead singer Wayne Coyne in a plain white suit with the two other band members wearing pink bunny suits.

In the British music magazine Mojo there was an interview with Wayne, where he revealed that during the recording of Yoshimi, band member Steven Drozd was trying to kick a heroin addiction. Whenever they took breaks from playing Drozd would have a really tough time with his withdrawal. Listening to him cry and with the death of his father in mind inspired Wayne to write "Do You Realize??". Coyne states that "Do You Realize??" is the song everyone thinks of when they hear people talking about "The Flaming Lips". He also stated that if that's the shadow the band will have to live under, he couldn't be happier.

[edit] Wayne Coyne's comments on the song

“

Whenever I analyze the scientific realities of what it means to be living here on Earth - in this galaxy - spinning around the sun - flying through space - a terror shock seizes me!!! I'm reminded once again of how precarious our whole existence is...

”

[edit] UK Tracklisting

• 7"

1. "Do You Realize??"
2. "Up Above The Daily Hum"

• CD1

1. "Do You Realize??"
2. "If I Go Mad/Funeral in My Head"
3. "Major Syrtis"

• CD2

1. "Do You Realize??"
2. "Up Above The Daily Hum"
3. "Xanthe Terra"

• DVD single

1. "Do You Realize?" (Video)
2. "Do You Realize?" (Audio)
3. "The Southern Oklahoma Tigger Contest"
4. "Noodling Theme (Epic Sunset Mix #5)"

"Major Syrtis" and "Xanthe Terra" are taken from the forthcoming Christmas on Mars soundtrack.

[edit] External links

• Song review from Allmusic

The Flaming Lips
Wayne Coyne | Michael Ivins | Steven Drozd
Inactive members: Mark Coyne | Dave Kostka | Richard English | Jonathan Donahue | Nathan Roberts | Ronald Jones
Discography
Studio albums: Hear It Is | Oh My Gawd!!! | Telepathic Surgery | In a Priest Driven Ambulance | Hit to Death in the Future Head | Transmissions from the Satellite Heart | Clouds Taste Metallic | Zaireeka | The Soft Bulletin | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots | At War with the Mystics
Extended plays: The Flaming Lips | Wastin' Pigs | Due to High Expectations... | The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest | Fight Test | Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell | It Overtakes Me
Compilations: A Collection of Songs... | Punk Rockers | Jesus Egg | Shambolic Birth | Late Night Tales | 20 Years of Weird
Singles: "She Don't Use Jelly" | "Do You Realize??" | "Fight Test" | "The Golden Path" | "The W.A.N.D." | "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
Films and Videos: Fearless Freaks | Christmas on Mars | VOID
See also
Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen | Dave Fridmann | Kliph Scurlock | WikiProject This box: view • talk • edit