So Says I

So Says I

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Name = So Says I


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Artist = The Shins
Album = Chutes Too Narrow
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Released = Start date|2003|7|21
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Genre = Indie rock
Length = 2:47
Label = Sub Pop
Writer = James Mercer
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Last single = "??"
(200?)
This single = "So Says I"
(2003)
Next single = "??"
(200?)
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So Says I is a song by American indie rock band The Shins, the third track of their second album "Chutes Too Narrow". It was released as a single, one of three from the album, on 21 September 2003 on Sub Pop Records.

The song was written by the band's lead singer, James Mercer. His lyrics reference and compare life under communist and capitalist economic systems.

This song is performed by The Shins live in the Gilmore Girls season four episode, "Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' The Twist."

It remains a fan favorite and is often performed as a set closer at their live shows.

Music video

The music video was directed and animated by Plates Animation Inc. It features penguins establishing, running and becoming victims of a communist society, only to overcome it finally and become a capitalistic society which in turn includes the seeds for its own destruction.

ingle track listing

# "So Says I" - (2:47)
# "Mild Child" - (4:28)
# "Gone for Good (alternate version)" - (3:07)

External links

* [http://www.theshins.com The Shins official website]
* [http://www.subpop.com Sub Pop Records]
* [http://www.platesanimation.com/shins.mov "So Says I"] (music video, Quicktime format)


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