Leviathan (song)

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"Leviathan"
Song by Manic Street Preachers
Released	9 September 2005
Format	CD and Download
Genre	Rock
Length	2:37
Label	Independiente Records
Producer	Dave Eringa

"Leviathan" is a song by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was recorded for the charity album Help!: A Day in the Life for War Child UK in 2005.^[1] It takes its title from the 1651 book about political power, Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil by Thomas Hobbes. The lyric "Brutal, nasty, this life is short" is a paraphrased quote from the book, where Hobbes describes human life 'in nature' prior to the formation of 'society'.^[2] The song also references Patty Hearst, the SLA, the Baader-Meinhof Group and the film The Medusa Touch.^[3] The song begins with a sample of Richard Jobson, lead singer of the Scottish punk band The Skids declaring "We also do speak politics to you here today" as he introduces the Skids song "TV Stars".^[4]

Citations

↑ BBC News, Music Stars Out to Help War Child, BBC News
↑ Oregon State University, Leviathan, Chapter XIII,Oregon State University
↑ The Annotated Manics, Lyrics - Leviathan
↑ The Annotated Manics, Quotes - We Do Also Speak

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James Dean Bradfield Sean Moore Nicky Wire Miles Woodward Richey Edwards

Studio albums	Generation Terrorists Gold Against the Soul The Holy Bible Everything Must Go This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Know Your Enemy Lifeblood Send Away the Tigers Journal for Plague Lovers Postcards from a Young Man Rewind the Film

Compilation albums	Forever Delayed Lipstick Traces National Treasures – The Complete Singles

EPs	New Art Riot E.P. Stars and Stripes Life Becoming a Landslide EP Know Our B-Sides God Save the Manics Journal for Plague Lovers Remixes E.P.

Singles	"Suicide Alley" "UK Channel Boredom" "Motown Junk" "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" "Feminine Is Beautiful" "Stay Beautiful" "Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat" "You Love Us" "Slash 'n' Burn" "Motorcycle Emptiness" "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" "Little Baby Nothing" "From Despair to Where" "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" "Roses in the Hospital" "Faster/P.C.P." "Revol" "She Is Suffering" "A Design for Life" "Everything Must Go" "Kevin Carter" "Further Away" "Australia" "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" "The Everlasting" "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" "Tsunami" "The Masses Against the Classes" "Found That Soul" "So Why So Sad" "Ocean Spray" "Let Robeson Sing" "There by the Grace of God" "The Love of Richard Nixon" "Empty Souls" "Underdogs" "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" "Autumnsong" "Indian Summer" "The Ghosts of Christmas" "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" "Some Kind of Nothingness" "Postcards from a Young Man" "This Is the Day" "Show Me the Wonder" "Anthem for a Lost Cause"

Other songs	"4st 7lb" "Peeled Apples"

Box sets	Six Singles from Generation Terrorists

Video albums	Everything Live Leaving the 20th Century Louder Than War Forever Delayed

Other appearances	"Judge Yr'self" "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" "Leviathan" "The Instrumental" "Umbrella"

Related articles	Discography Music of Cardiff

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