Revolution 909

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"Revolution 909"

Single by Daft Punk
from the album Homework
Released	February 16, 1998
Format	CD, 12"
Recorded	Unknown
Genre	Dance, Electronica
Length	5:24
Label	Virgin Records
Writer(s)	Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
Producer(s)	Daft Punk
Daft Punk singles chronology
"Burnin'" (1997)	"Revolution 909" (1998)	"One More Time" (2000)

"Revolution 909" is an instrumental track from Daft Punk's 1997 album Homework. It was released as the fourth single from the album in 1998. The title bears resemblance to the Roland TR-909, which Daft Punk have confirmably used in their productions.^[1] The music video for this track was directed by Roman Coppola.

[edit] Music video

The music video for this track shows a rave taking place in an alley. Police officers suddenly arrive to break up the party. While several people are rounded up, a young woman who looks to be captured notices a stain on an officer's shirt. This triggers a flashback beginning with a tomato seed being planted, then sprouting, then harvested and then packaged. The packages are eventually transported to a grocery store where a lady selects the tomatoes to take home with her. As she is preparing tomato sauce, subtitles accurately instruct the viewer on the recipe for making the sauce for spaghetti. The lady places the prepared meal into a tupperware container. The officer from earlier in the video appears with the meal in his squad car. He dribbles the tomato sauce onto his shirt while eating it and creates the stain. This brings the flashback to the beginning of the video. When the officer looks down at his stained shirt and is distracted, the young woman gains the opportunity to flee. Someone appears on a platform above and pulls her to safety.

The music video is featured in D.A.F.T., a collection of videos from Homework. It is also available on the limited edition CD/DVD of Musique Vol. 1 1993-2005. Roman Coppola's audio commentary for "Revolution 909" in D.A.F.T. mentions friends of his who saw the video and noticed a person resembling Thomas Bangalter. Roman would not confirm if it was Thomas or not.