Staring at the Sun (TV on the Radio song)

"Staring at the Sun"
Single by TV on the Radio
from the album Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Released June 25, 2004
Format CD, 7"
Genre Indie rock
Writer(s) David Andrew Sitek / Kyp Malone / Tunde Adebimpe
TV on the Radio singles chronology
"Staring at the Sun"
(2004)		 "New Health Rock"
(2004)

"Staring at the Sun" is a 2004 single by the American indie rock band TV on the Radio. The CD single is enhanced with two different quality QuickTime video files of the title track's music video. "Freeway" and "On a Train" were taken from their OK Calculator release.

The song was listed at #41 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 songs of the 2000s".

Band member Dave Sitek has said that the song was written over the course of 2 days.[1]

The song is recognizable by its heavy fuzz bass line, and rapidly strummed, distorted guitar single notes. Tunde Adebimpe and David Andrew Sitek were the only TV on the Radio members to play on this track, with guest appearances from Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs on guitar and Katrina Ford of Celebration on backing vocals.[2][3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Staring at the Sun"   3:26
2. "Freeway"   2:15
3. "On a Train" (2:56 on 7" single; listed as "∞" on label, so probably ends in a locked groove) 15:55

References

  1. ↑ Pitchfork Media (21 Oct 2006), Pitchfork: Interviews: TV on the Radio, retrieved 4 Sep 2009
  2. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/TV-On-The-Radio-Young-Liars/release/225067
  3. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/TV-On-The-Radio-Desperate-Youth-Blood-Thirsty-Babes/release/4336901

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