- Phenomena (song)
"Phenomena" is a song by the
Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their "Show Your Bones " album. The song is built around a dance beat and the refrain:That refrain echoes previous uses, such as
Liquid Liquid 's "Cavern",Melle Mel 's "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) ",LL Cool J 's "Phenomenon", andDe La Soul 's "Ego Trippin' (Part Two)."The song is played over the end credits of the 2008 horror movie The Ruins.
"Phenomena" Inaccuracy
In the Song, the
Yeah Yeah Yeahs inaccurately employ the titular noun. The word phenomena is the plural ofphenomenon ; the chorus, which is “Something like a phenomena, baby” is grammatically incorrect, as it should read, “Something like a phenomenon, baby”.As the
prosody is “Some-thing-like-a-phe-no-me-na-ba-by”, and the accurate prosody would be “Some-thing-like-a-phe-no-me-non-ba-by”, a lack of knowledge in Greek plurality is suspected.References
*cite news
author = Sasha Frere-Jones
url = http://www.newyorker.com/critics/music/articles/060213crmu_music
title = Positive Attitude: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new album
publisher =The New Yorker
date =6 February 2006
accessdate = 2006-06-29
*cite news
first =
last =
author = Lindsey Thomas
coauthors =
url = http://citypages.com/databank/27/1323/article14280.asp
title = The Yeah Yeah Yeahs say no no no to their past: Something Like a Phenomenon
work =
publisher =City Pages
pages =
page =
date =April 12 ,2006
accessdate = 2006-06-29
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