| "Dilly" | ||||
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| Single by Band of Horses | ||||
| from the album Infinite Arms | ||||
| B-side | Georgia | |||
| Released | February 14, 2011 | |||
| Format | digital download, 7" single | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 3:31 | |||
| Label | Brown Records/ Fat Possum/Columbia |
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| Writer(s) | Ben Bridwell, Tyler Ramsey | |||
| Producer | Band of Horses, Phil Ek | |||
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"Dilly" is the fourth single taken from Band of Horses' third album Infinite Arms. The song peaked #43 on the Belgian Singles chart.[1] Despite not being performed live by the band frequently (most likely due to the complex vocal arrangements), it remains ones of the band's most widespread songs.[2]
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Ramsey came up with the song while staying in a cabin in North Carolina. He originally recorded it while playing the ukulele and a "little tiny keyboard". The demo recording was sent to Bridwell who liked it and added his contribution to the song.[3] There was an unusual tuning between the keyboard and ukulele that allowed Ramsey to come up with the song's melody.
On November 16, 2010, Band Of Horses released a video for "Dilly". Previous videos for songs from Infinite Arms had been collections of still photographs by the band's longtime collaborator Christoper Wilson, merged together to make movies. "Dilly" was shot in the Mojave Desert by director Phil Andelman and was exclusively premiered on the movie website IMDb. The video features the exploits of a trouble-making motorcycle gang and includes surreal sequences of the gang dancing in formation, as well as them killing people by shooting them with nothing more than a pointed finger. The collaboration with IMDb represents the first occasion that the website has premiered a music video.[4]
Addict|Music criticized the song for being "corny" in comparison to other songs off the album.[5]. Chron recognized the band's focus on the track's vocal arrangements.[6], while The New York Times recognized its influence of "1970s soft-rock folkies America."[7]. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer singled "Dilly" out as the best song off of Infinite Arms, going on to predict that it'd be released as a single.[8] Jian Ghomeshi mentioned that he really enjoyed "Dilly" during an interview with the band for his show Q.[9]
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