Seventeen Years

Seventeen Years

Single infobox
Name = Seventeen Years


Artist = Ratatat
from Album = Ratatat
Released = November 25, 2003 (UK)
Format = 12"
Genre = Electronica
Progressive dance
Length = 8:45 / 7:24
Label = Rex Records / Audio Dregs
Producer = Evan Mast, Mike Stroud
Last single = "None"

This single = "Seventeen Years"
(2003)
Next single = "Germany to Germany"
(2004)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Ratatat
Type = studio
prev_track = "None"

prev_no =
this_track = "Seventeen Years"
track_no = 1
next_track = "El Pico"
next_no = 2

"Seventeen Years" is a song by Ratatat and is their first release as a band. It was first released in the USA on the independent record label Rex Records in 2003, before being later released in the UK by Audio Dregs, a label run by band member Evan Mast and his brother.

The track is instrumental, except for a brief introduction given by local Crown Heights MC and rapper Young Churf, from which the track takes its title:

The main part of the song consists of melodies and harmonies by synthesizers and electric guitars, overlapping to produce a rhythm that falls within the realms of techno, rock 'n roll and hip-hop.

The single was only released on 12" vinyl, though it appeared in two different versions. The original release of the track was on the record label Rex Records, and contained the B-side "Breaking Away". The second release of the track, in November 2003, was on the label Audio Dregs. This release was limited to 1100 copies, and had different artwork in addition to the different B-side "Spanish Armada". Both B-sides, as well as "Seventeen Years" itself, later appeared on Ratatat's debut album "Ratatat".

Uses in media

The song was featured in television advertisement titled "Accessorize" for the Hummer H2 in 2004, on the British television show Soccer AM as the original background music for The Crossbar Challenge segment and in Level One Productions's ski movie Shanghai Six [ [http://www.level1productions.com/movies.php?id=26 Level 1 Productions ] ] . It was also used as the song for professional skateboarder Keith Hufnagel's video part in the "DVS - Skate More" video.Fact|date=February 2007 It has been used in an Icelandic shoe commercial.Fact|date=February 2007 This song was also featured during the 2008 film, Cloverfield during a party sequence. The song has also been featured in Adidas's The Left Right Project.

References

External links

* [http://www.audiodregs.com/releases/17_years/index.html Audio Dregs' listing of the UK release of the track]


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