Shake a Fist

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 at Glastonbury 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", whilst bbc.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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