The Heinrich Maneuver

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“The Heinrich Maneuver”
Single by Interpol from the album Our Love to Admire
Released	7 May 2007 2 July 2007
Format	Digital download, 2x 7", CD
Recorded	Electric Lady Studios New York City
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	3:28
Label	Capitol Records
Producer	Rich Costey
Interpol singles chronology
"C'mere" (2005) "The Heinrich Maneuver" (2007) "Mammoth" (2007)

"The Heinrich Maneuver" is a song on New York-based indie rock band Interpol's third album, Our Love to Admire. It is the first single from the album. The cover features a Serval cat. The song's title is a play on the Heimlich Maneuver.

Contents 1 Sound 2 Promotion 3 Track listing 3.1 CD: Parlophone / CLCD894 (UK) 3.2 7": Parlophone / CL894 (UK) 3.3 7": Parlophone / CLS894 (UK) 4 Charting 5 Music Video 6 References

[edit] Sound

Popular music magazine Billboard has described the song as "a peppy kiss-off to an ex-love now residing on the opposite coast."^[1]

“	Like the majority of previous full-length Antics, this first single from Interpol's third album, Our Love to Admire, relies more on a guitar riff than the band's killer rhythm section. It's an Antics-worthy riff, though. And what's more, Paul Banks' lyrics are, atypically, not cringe-worthy (though "you wear those shoes like a dove" certainly walks that line). His vocals sounds different as well: less reverby, possibly doubled up, and more Michael Stipe-like. Come to think of it, "'cause today my heart swings" is the kind of lyric that seems straight from the R.E.M. frontman's notebook. As for the song's title, it must be something the band employs to write catchy choruses.	”
—Pitchfork Media, commenting on the song.

[edit] Promotion

The single was released to radio on May 7, 2007.^[2]. Q101/WKQX Chicago was the first radio station to play "The Heinrich Maneuver", doing so on 27 April 2007 at 6:12pm CDT. The song was played by Steve Lamacq of BBC Radio 1 for the first time on British radio on 7 May 2007.^[3]

"The Heinrich Maneuver" was also played regularly throughout the band's recent tour of Canada, along with the new songs "Pioneer to the Falls" and "Mammoth". Bootleg recordings from that tour have been widely circulated on music forums and P2P clients.

The full song is streaming on both the band's official site and MySpace and is also available for purchase at the iTunes Store.

The single has been released on 2-Track CD Single and two separate 7" formats in the UK on July 2. ^[4]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD: Parlophone / CLCD894 (UK)

1. "The Heinrich Maneuver" (Radio Edit) - 3:28
2. "Mammoth" (Instrumental) - 4:16

[edit] 7": Parlophone / CL894 (UK)

1. "The Heinrich Maneuver" (Radio Edit) - 3:28
2. "Concert Introduction 2007"

[edit] 7": Parlophone / CLS894 (UK)

1. "The Heinrich Maneuver" (Radio Edit) - 3:28
2. "Wrecking Ball" - 4:30

[edit] Charting

The song is currently charting on the US Modern Rock Tracks rock charts, and has reached #11 since August 15, 2007. It becomes the band's highest-charting song.

[edit] Music Video

The video for "The Heinrich Maneuver" was released on June 26, 2007. A single take of the main character, a woman in a white dress, shown in extreme slow motion walking towards her demise. This overlays three other characters who react as events unfold in a mixture of speed altered motion, initially proceeding forward and then reversing. The woman featured unwittingly walks in front of a moving bus whose impact is cut short by the screen turning black as the song's outro is cut short.

“	The first single to be released from the album is the twisted love song/ode to Cali "The Heinrich Maneuver." Interpol is teaming up with Elias Merhige -- best known for his work with Shadow of the Vampire and the cult-classic Begotten -- to shoot the video for this single.	”
—excerpt from the Interpol newsletter E-mail

[edit] References

v • d • e Interpol Paul Banks | Daniel Kessler | Carlos Dengler | Sam Fogarino Former members Greg Drudy Albums Turn on the Bright Lights | Antics | Our Love to Admire Extended plays Demo Tape | Fukd ID #3 | Precipitate EP | Interpol EP | The Black EP | Interpol Remix EP | Live in Astoria EP Singles "PDA" | "NYC" | "Obstacle 1" | "Say Hello to the Angels" | "Slow Hands" | "Evil" | "C'mere" | "NARC" | "The Heinrich Maneuver" | "Mammoth" | "No I in Threesome"