Mowgli's Road

"Mowgli's Road"
Single by Marina and the Diamonds
from the album The Family Jewels
A-side	"Obsessions"
B-side	"Space and the Woods" (re-release)
Released	19 November 2008 16 November 2009 (re-release)
Format	digital download, limited edition signed 7" single
Genre	Indie pop, new wave
Length	4:09 3:05 (re-release; album version)
Label	Neon Gold (2008) 679
Writer(s)	Marina Diamandis, Liam Howe (additional)
Producer	Liam Howe
Marina and the Diamonds singles chronology
"Obsessions" / "Mowgli's Road" (2008) "I Am Not a Robot" (2009)
"I Am Not a Robot" (2009) "Mowgli's Road" (re-release) (2009) "Hollywood" (2010)[1] Music video "Mowgli's Road" (Official video) on YouTube The Family Jewels track listing "Girls" (4) "Mowgli's Road" (5) "Obsessions" (6) The American Jewels EP track listing "I Am Not a Robot" (1) "Mowgli's Road" (2) "I Am Not a Robot Flex'd Rework Clu" (Passion Pit Remix) (3) "Obsessions" / "Mowgli's Road" cover

"Mowgli's Road" is a song by Marina and the Diamonds. It was originally released as a double a-side with "Obsessions" on 19 November 2008 whilst Diamandis was signed to Neon Gold Records. It was re-released on its own a year later as the lead single from her debut album, The Family Jewels, on 16 November 2009. The b-side is a cover of the Late of the Pier song Space and the Woods.

The title is a reference to the character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

Critical reception

The song has received generally positive reviews.

Mowgli's Road is odd. Think Gary Glitter, but if he kept pictures of The Wicker Man and some nice cutlery on his hard drive instead of that other stuff. This could easily be a hit; or, rather, the first couple of minutes could. Then it descends into a lunatic mixture of monkey wails, whistling and childlike nightmare mumbles that may well be responsible for my chronic insomnia.

—Stuart Heritage, The Guardian.^[2]

Music video

The music video for "Mowgli's Road" was directed by Chris Sweeney and released onto YouTube on 20 October 2009.^[3] The music video features Diamandis and two girls with origami limbs and torso dancing in a spot light with a white screen. In the second verse, Diamandis sings into a microphone on a stand.

Track listing

Original release

    UK Digital Single

1. "Obsessions" — 3:38
2. "Mowgli's Road" — 4:09

    7" Vinyl

A. "Obsessions" — 3:38

B. "Mowgli's Road" — 4:09

Re-release

    UK Promo CD

1. "Mowgli's Road" (Radio Edit) - 3:05

    UK CD Single/7" Single

1. "Mowgli's Road" (Radio Edit) — 3:05
2. "Space and The Woods" — 2:49

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australian Airplay Chart[4]	34

References

1. ^ BBC News — Shine on, Marina Diamond
2. ^ The Guardian: This week's releases - PICK OF THE WEEK Saturday, 14 November 2009
3. ^ YouTube - MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS | MOWGLI'S ROAD YouTube - 20 October 2009 - Retrieved on 12 April 2010.
4. ^ Australian Music Report Weekly Hot 100