Lazy Eye (Silversun Pickups song)
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| “"Lazy Eye"” | |||||
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| Single by Silversun Pickups from the album Carnavas |
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| Recorded | Beer Wine Fish, Echo Park; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California | ||||
| Genre | Alternative Rock | ||||
| Length | 5:54 | ||||
| Label | Dangerbird | ||||
| Writer(s) | Silversun Pickups | ||||
| Producer | Dave Cooley | ||||
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"Lazy Eye" is the second single from Silversun Pickups' debut album Carnavas. The band performed the song on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Later With Jools Holland, and Last Call with Carson Daly. It was also featured on the television series The O.C. and Reaper, and on a television ad for the Chevrolet Malibu.
An alternate version of the song, with a length of 7:27, was played on XMU before the shorter version was played on FM and other XM channels, and featured in Global Underground 032: Adam Freeland, Mexico City.
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[edit] Music video
The music video for "Lazy Eye" was directed by Suzie Vlcek, who directed the band's "Kissing Families" video as well as the video for Tegan and Sara's "The Con". It was produced by Eric Morgan, who also produced the videos for Madlib's "Slim's Return" and Planes Mistaken For Stars' "Never Felt Prettier".
It takes place in a club, possibly in the 1970s judging by the hairstyles and clothing, brimming with teenagers dancing to the song as the band plays live on stage. The video alternates between the band playing, and a young girl with short hair. The girl is waiting for her boyfriend, supposedly, and since he does not show up she dances with another boy. Finally, when he does show up, she ignores him, notably when the song takes an angrier tone. The boy sits down for a while, looking very depressed, then waits outside, talking with friends. The girl eventually leaves the club, and sees him outside waiting, just like she waited for him. This reveals to her that he really does care about her, and they leave in good temper. The video received airplay from MTV, VH1, Fuse, MTVU, and International Music Feed.
[edit] Credits
Director: Suzie Vlcek
Cinematographer: Joe Pugliese
Editor: Jonathan Alberts
Producer: Eric Morgan
[edit] Charts
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
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| 2007 | Peru Weekly Chart | 1 |
| 2007 | Billboard Modern Rock | 5 |
| 2007 | Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 2 |
| 2007 | Billboard Pop 100 | 91 |
| 2007 | Billboard Modern Rock Songs (Year End Charts) | 17 |
| 2007 | Peru (Year End Chart) | 20 |
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