Explode (song)

Single infobox |
Name = Explode
Artist = Nelly Furtado


from Album = Folklore
Format = CD single, digital download, maxi single, 12" single
Released = September 27, 2004 (CAN)
Writer = Nelly Furtado, Gerald Eaton
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:45
Label = DreamWorks
Producer = Gerald Eaton
Last single = "Força"
(2004)
This single = "Explode"
(2004)
Next single = "The Grass Is Green"
(2005)

"Explode" is a song written by Canadian pop singer Nelly Furtado and Gerald Eaton for Furtado's second studio album "Folklore" (2003). It is produced by Eaton and was released in September 2004 as the fourth single from the album. The single was released in Canada but not the US.

Furtado said the song "came from a poem I wrote called "Teenage Waste". When you're a teenager, you want to try everything; you're like a little firecracker. Your wiser self is there, somewhere deep down, depending on how young or old your soul is. But it doesn’t always show itself. "Explode" is visceral; it's guttural. That's why part of the song uses terms from Capoeira, the Brazilian martial arts form. It touches on teenage experimentation and bliss and fun, but also on some violence and aggression."Fact|date=February 2007

Music video

The video for "Explode" was shot in the Central Technical School in Toronto, Ontario and directed by Bradley Clayford and Furtado herself.

It starts with the real Furtado walking into a room with her guitar singing in front of a microphone. It then shows the cartoon Furtado walking at school with her guitar case. At the chorus it has intercuts of the real Furtado and the cartoon version. The cartoon version is running to her tree house in the forest for the second verse while the real Furtado is singing. The cartoon then starts to write a song as the viewer gets an insight to the character's imagination and a legend of three monsters living in the forest. The cartoon Furtado runs into the forest where she sees the monsters and begins to dance with them. The cartoon Furtado is then seen back in the tree house, writing the song. The conclusion of the video shows the real Furtado singing behind the microphone while playing guitar then leaving the same room.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Explode.";CD Single [ [http://product.half.ebay.com/Explode-Forca-IMPORT_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ44358380 CD Single] ]
# "Explode" (Album Version)
# "Força" (Armand Van Helden Remix)
# "Força" (Rui Da Silva Vocal Remix)

;Enhanced CD Single [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00066456S Enhanced CD Single] ]
# "Explode" (Album Version)
# "Força" (Album Version)
# "Força" (Video);German CD Single [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000664572 Germany CD Single] ]
# "Explode" (Album Version)
# "Força" (Album Version)

;German CD maxi-single [ [http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Nelly+Furtado&titel=Explode&cat=s Nelly Furtado - Explode - hitparade.ch ] ]
# "Explode"
# "Força" (Armand Van Helden Remix)
# "Força" (Rui Da Silva Vocal Remix)
# "Explode" (Video)

Other versions

* "Explode" (Radio Edit)
* "Explode" (Radio Version) (3:44)
* "Explode" (Album Version)
* "Explode" (Acoustic Version)

Charts

References

External links

*Youtube|yx9zSxRiMF4|"Explode" music video