- Shake a Fist
Single infobox
Name = Shake a Fist
Artist =Hot Chip
from Album =Made in the Dark
B-side =
Released = 30 August 2007
Format = 12"vinyl single
Recorded =
Genre =Indietronica Electro-pop
Length = 5:10
Label =EMI (UK)
Producer =
Chart position =
Last single =
This single = "Shake a Fist" (2007)
Next single = "Ready for the Floor " (2008)
Misc ="Shake a Fist" is the first single released by
Hot Chip from their 2008 album "Made in the Dark ". It was released on 30 August 2007 on 12"vinyl single . The song was almost included on Hot Chip's second album release, "The Warning ".cite web| last = Leijon | first = Erik | title = Hot Chip Benefit From Big Record Collections| publisher = "Chart"| url =http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2008/04/0202.cfm| accessdate = 2008-06-30]Lyrics
Alexis Taylor stated that the lyrics, "I move underwater, I eat what I slaughter", were formed as a result of him "imagining what it would be like to take
salvia divinorum ", which Joe Goddard had taken atGlastonbury Festival . [cite web| last = Fitzpatrick | first = Rob | title = Reel players | publisher = "The Guardian "| url =http://music.guardian.co.uk/electronic/story/0,,2242537,00.html| accessdate = 2008-06-30] The song itself was the product of Goddard's experience, which Taylor wrote down words to accompany.cite web|last =Swift |first =Jacqui |title =I like people to be surprised|publisher = "The Sun "|url =http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/sftw/article748806.ece|accessdate = 2008-02-16]Critical reception
"Shake a Fist" was described by "
The Guardian " as a "brooding, industrial, 12-inch introduction to "Made in the Dark". [cite web| last = Swash | first = Rosie | title = Ready for a fall, Hot Chip rise to expectations | publisher = "The Guardian "| url =http://music.guardian.co.uk/singlesclub/story/0,,2244995,00.html| accessdate = 2008-06-30] "Prefix magazine" described the song as having "squeaky synths and a laid back bass line playing sidekick to ominous urban jungle drums" with vocals that have "a well defined power dynamic", whilstbbc.co.uk said the song "blends terrific acidic bass [with] jagged snares" and has "shamanic backing vocals". [cite web| last = Klingman | first = Jeff | title = Track Review: Hot Chip "Shake a Fist" | publisher = "Prefix magazine"| url =http://www.prefixmag.com/news/track-review-hot-chip-shake-a-fist/11571/| accessdate = 2008-06-30] cite web| last = Thomas | first = Lou | title = Hot Chip - Made In The Dark | publisher =BBC | url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/jdzf/| accessdate = 2008-06-30] "The Irish Times " characterised "Shake a Fist" as "a dizzy skyscraper of a track, full to the brim with sonic smarts and tricks yet hard-wired to a snaking, nagging groove". [cite web| last = Carroll | first = Jim | title = Hear Hot Chip Here | publisher = "The Irish Times "| url =http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2008/0125/1201073493296.html| accessdate = 2008-06-30]A sample of
Todd Rundgren 's voice was used as a result of Al Doyle and Alexis Taylor being fans of Todd Rundgren's third solo album, "Something/Anything? ". The reception to the sample was mixed; musicOMH.com called it "delightful" but "The Guardian" felt it "grated".cite web|last =Ahmad|first =Jamil |title =Hot Chip - Made in the Dark |publisher = musicOMH.com|url =http://www.musicomh.com/albums/hot-chip-2_0108.htm|accessdate = 2008-02-17] [cite web|last =Macpherson|first =Alex |title =Hot Chip, Made in the Dark |publisher = "The Guardian "|url =http://music.guardian.co.uk/electronic/reviews/story/0,,2249847,00.html|accessdate = 2008-02-17] "The Toronto Star " highlighted "Shake a Fist" as a "top track", and described the song as "more intense and vaguely threatening than anything they've done before", although the use of the Todd Rundgren sample was described as "intrusive".cite web| last = Rayner | first = Ben | title = Hot Chip: Made in the Dark | publisher = "The Toronto Star "| url =http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/300614| accessdate = 2008-06-30]Track listing
#"Shake a Fist" – 5:10
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