Michael (Franz Ferdinand song)
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| "Michael" | ||
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| Single by Franz Ferdinand | ||
| from the album Franz Ferdinand | ||
| Released | August 16, 2004 | |
| Format | CD, 7", 12" | |
| Recorded | 2003-2004 | |
| Genre | Indie/Alternative | |
| Length | 3 min 21 s (CD) | |
| Label | Domino | |
| Producer(s) | Tore Johansson | |
| Chart positions | ||
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| Franz Ferdinand singles chronology | ||
| "The Dark of the Matinée" (2004) |
"Michael" (2004) |
"This Fire" (2004) |
"Michael" is a song by Franz Ferdinand and was the fourth single released from their debut self-titled album. The song was notable for its homoerotic lyrics such as "stubble on my sticky lips" and "beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor".
The singer, Alex Kapranos, stated in an interview that the song was written about two friends of his — "It was one night when me and the band were out with friends from Glasgow, and we went to this warehouse dance party thing called Disco X. It was a very debauched night and these two friends got it together in a very sexy way."[1] The song reportedly contains a subliminal message during the first instrumental refrain telling the listener: "She's worried about you, call your mother".[2]
The song was released as a single in the UK on August 16, 2004. Due to a breach of UK chart rules by generously providing three tracks on the CD1 format instead of two (in what the band described in a press statement as a "silly schoolboy error") sales of the CD1 format were disqualified. Despite this, the single still reached a respectable #17.
The band usually performs a slightly different version of the song at concerts, most notably with the final "Come and dance with me" replaced by the more risqué "Come all over me" (this alternative lyric is in the liner notes, but crossed out and with the recorded lyric written beside it.) Also, "stubble on my sticky lips" is occasionally replaced with "stubble on my sticky hips."
Michael was also included as part of the soundtrack for the Playstation 2 game, Gran Turismo 4.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] UK release
Lead vocals performed by Alex Kapranos, except where noted.
[edit] CD1
- "Michael" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Love and Destroy" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Missing You" (Alex Kapranos)
[edit] CD2 (deleted on day of release)
- "Michael" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Don't Start" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Tell Her Tonight" (German Version) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- Lead vocals performed by Nick McCarthy
[edit] CD3
- "Michael" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Don't Start" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
[edit] 7"
- "Michael" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Michael" (Simon Bookish Remix) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- Lead vocals performed by Simon Bookish
[edit] 12"
- "Michael" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Love And Destroy" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Don't Start" (Alex Kapranos)
[edit] US release
[edit] 12"
- "Michael" (Album Version) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- Lead vocals: Alex Kapranos
- "Dark of the Matinée" (Headman Remix) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy/Bob Hardy)
- Lead vocals: Alex Kapranos
- "This Fire" (Playgroup Remix) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- Lead vocals: Alex Kapranos
- "Michael" (Thomas Eriksen Mix) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- Lead vocals: Alex Kapranos
[edit] External links
| Franz Ferdinand |
| Alex Kapranos | Robert Hardy | Nicholas McCarthy | Paul Thomson |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: Darts of Pleasure | Franz Ferdinand | You Could Have It So Much Better |
| Singles: "Darts of Pleasure" | "Take Me Out" | "The Dark of the Matinée" | "Michael" | "This Fire" | "Do You Want To" | "Walk Away" | "The Fallen" / "L. Wells" | "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" |
| DVDs: Franz Ferdinand |
| Related articles |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | Domino Records | Tore Johansson | Rich Costey |
