Galvanize (song)

"Galvanize"
Single by The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip
from the album Push the Button
Released 22 November 2004[1]
Format
Recorded 2004
The Hit Factory (New York City)[2]
Genre
Length
  • 6:33 (album version)
  • 4:28 (UK radio edit)
  • 3:11 (radio edit)
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
  • Ed Simons
  • Kamaal Fareed
  • Tom Rowlands
  • Najate Aatabou
Producer(s) The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers singles chronology
"Get Yourself High"
(2003)		 "Galvanize"
(2004)		 "Believe"
(2005)

"Get Yourself High"
(2003)		 "Galvanize"
(2004)		 "Believe"
(2005)
Q-Tip single singles chronology
"Breathe and Stop"
(2000) Breathe and Stop2000		 "Galvanize"
(2004) Galvanize2004		 "Enuff"
(2006) Enuff2006
Music video
"Galvanize" on YouTube
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"Galvanize" is a song by British electronic duo The Chemical Brothers and the first single released from their 2005 album Push the Button. It peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

It was the highest charting single in their native United Kingdom by The Chemical Brothers since "Hey Boy Hey Girl", which had also reached No. 3 in 1999. In Spain, it reached No. 1 and it held the top spot for two weeks. In Australia, the song was ranked No. 65 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.[3]

Composition

The track features a distinct Moroccan Chaabi string sample from Najat Aatabou's song "Hadi Kedba Bayna (Obvious lie)".[4] The main hook of the song is in 6/4 time signature, while the rest is in 4/4. The track also features rapping by Q-Tip (member of A Tribe Called Quest). In part of the song, a sample from the group’s early single "Leave Home" plays.

Critical reception

Pitchfork Media's Scott Plagenhoef stated the song along with "The Boxer" "harks back to the duo's early B-Boy/techno days" but missed "the ferocity and sub-bass rattlings of their earlier cousins, and here play second fiddle to unremarkable verses and nasally vocals."[5]

It won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in February 2006.[6]

Music video

The music video was filmed in Málaga, Spain, and directed by Adam Smith. It involves three boys wearing clown face paint, who head into a club during a Krump dance battle. One of the boys starts dancing in the battle, but they are caught and taken away by the police.

Formats and track listings

References

  1. ↑ "Galvanize - Single by The Chemical Brothers on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Push the Button (Compact Disc liner notes). The Chemical Brothers. United Kingdom: Virgin Records. 2005. 0724356330221.
  3. ↑ "Hottest 100 2004", triple j, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 13 November 2011
  4. ↑ "The Chemical Brothers feat. Q-Tip's Galvanize sample of Najat Aatabou's Hadi Kedba Bayna (Just Tell Me the Truth) - WhoSampled". WhoSampled.
  5. ↑ Scott Plagenhoef (2005-02-03). "The Chemical Brothers — Push the Button". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  6. ↑ Press Association (9 February 2006), "U2 Win Five Grammys", The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 13 November 2011
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