Infra-red (song)

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"Infra-Red"
"Infra-Red" cover
Single by Placebo
from the album Meds
Released June 19, 2006
Genre Alternative
Rock
Length 3:17
Label Virgin Records
Writer(s) Brian Molko
Producer(s) Dimitri Tikovoi
Placebo singles chronology
"Song to Say Goodbye"
2006
"Infra-Red"
2006
"Meds"
2006

Infra-Red is the third single from Placebo's sixth studio album, Meds, and was released on the 19th June 2006. It is a typical passive-aggressive Placebo song. The song peaked #42 in the UK, #35 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, and #91 in Germany.

The words "Beggar's Banquet", featured on its lyrics, are the name of a Rolling Stones' album .

A live version of the song is available on the live at la cigale download only EP

This was the song that was used by SBS for stage 19 of the 2006 Tour de France, the final Individual Time Trial of that year's Tour.

[edit] Music video

The music video is likely a stab at the war on terrorism. It features politicians seemingly conspiring against the public. Meanwhile, a group of ants interfere with their files. A character (apparently, the President) gives a speech with the help of a computerised prompter. The ants' interference causes the prompter to say "I lied to you. We are the enemy.", which the president says.

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Placebo
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Live members: William (Bill) Lloyd | Alex Lee
Discography
Studio albums: Placebo | Without You I'm Nothing | Black Market Music | Sleeping with Ghosts | Meds
DVDs and compilations: Soulmates Never Die (Live in Paris 2003) | Once More With Feeling (video collection) | Once More with Feeling | Covers
Singles: "Bruise Pristine" | "Come Home" | "36 Degrees" | "Teenage Angst" | "Nancy Boy" | "Pure Morning" | "You Don't Care About Us" | "Every You Every Me" | "Without You I'm Nothing" | "Burger Queen Francais" | "Taste in Men" | "Slave to the Wage" | "Special K" | "Black-Eyed" | "The Bitter End" | "This Picture" | "Special Needs" | "English Summer Rain" | "Twenty Years" | "Protège-Moi" | "Because I Want You" | "Song to Say Goodbye" | "Infra-Red" | "Meds"