Walkie Talkie Man

Walkie Talkie Man

Infobox Single
Name = Walkie Talkie man


Artist = Steriogram
from Album = Schmack!
Released = 2004
Format = CD Single
Recorded =
Genre =
Length =
Label =
Writer =
Producer = David Kahne
Chart position =
Reviews =
Last single = "White Trash"
This single = "Walkie Talkie Man"
(2004)
Next single = "Roadtrip

"Walkie Talkie Man" is a single by the New Zealander band Steriogram, released in 2004.

The song has been since released as a single, and is widely recognized as the song that brought Steriogram the majority of their popularity. Its simple, catchy riff and fast-talking verses contribute to the song's popularity, and it has attracted even more attention since being used as the background music to an advert by Apple for their product, the iPod.

The riff is an exact replica of the one used in "Picture Book" by The Kinks.

Exactly 1:59 into the song, the lead guitarist coughs.

Video

The video for "Walkie-Talkie Man" was directed by Michel Gondry, and features scenes of children working as studio staff and knitting instruments and equipment, and the band is terrorized by an enormous giant hand made of wool which, at a certain point, grabs singer Tyson Kennedy and tears him in half, showing that his insides are also made of wool. The children save him by unraveling the threads that compose the giant and, later, sewing his lower body back in place - but it is sewn backwards and, as such, Kennedy ends the video with his legs turned back to the camera, unlike his upper body. It is to be noticed that Brad Carter's woollen guitar bears the words "New Zealand".

In other media

In 2004, the song was featured in for Xbox and Playstation 2 as well as in EA Sports' MVP Baseball 2004 and MLB 2005.

A cover version of the song by Jason Paige is also featured in the Nintendo DS video game "Elite Beat Agents"

The single also appeared in five movies:
*"Agent Cody Banks 2"
*"Kicking & Screaming"
*"Robots"
*"Man of the House"
*"Arthur and the Invisibles"

The song also appeared in a season 4 episode of the TV show "Alias."

Track listing

#"Walkie Talkie Man" (2:13)
#"Big Lady Lovin'"


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