| "Bloodbuzz Ohio" | ||||||||||
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| Single by The National | ||||||||||
| from the album High Violet | ||||||||||
| Released | March 24, 2010 (digital download) May 3, 2010 (7") |
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| Format | 7" vinyl, Digital download | |||||||||
| Genre | Indie rock, post-punk revival | |||||||||
| Length | 4:36 | |||||||||
| Label | 4AD(AD 3X22) | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Padma Newsome | |||||||||
| Producer | The National | |||||||||
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"Bloodbuzz Ohio" is a single by Brooklyn-based indie rock band The National, from their fifth studio album, High Violet. It is notable for Matt Berninger's baritone vocals. It was made available for download on the band's website on March 24, 2010. The song was also released on 7" vinyl (with the exclusive B-side "Sin-Eaters") on May 3, 2010.[1] The cover art of this single is a work by artist Mark Fox, titled Jane Jacobs Understands The Beehive.[2]
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Bloodbuzz Ohio received critical reviews as being the first single from High Violet. One Thirty BPM states that "it was both the most simple moment on the album and the most potent, cutting deep gashes in the heart of the city Matt Berninger had thus far only poked at."[3] Pitchfork Media's review stated that Bloodbuzz Ohio was "a tense, drawn-out build with Matt Berninger's weathered baritone lording all over everything".[4]
Matt Berninger is the main focus of the first video from High Violet which shows him dapper in a suit, holding a drink, and walking the streets of New York City, seemingly lost in thought as he sings.[5]
It was directed by Hope Hall, Andreas Burgess and Matt’s wife Carin Besser.[6]
It charted on the Belgian Ultratop 50 at #49 for 1 week on week 25 of 2010.[7] It then re-entered the chart, and on its third week of the chart, reached #16.
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders) | 16 |
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