Tropicalia (Beck song)

Infobox Single
Name = Tropicalia

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Artist = Beck
from Album = Mutations
B-side = "Halo Of Gold" / "Black Balloon"
Released = 7 December 1998 (UK)
Format = 7", CD
Recorded =
Genre =
Length = 3:23
Label = Geffen
GFS 22365 (UK, 7")
GFSTD-22365 (UK, CD)
Writer = Beck Hansen
Producer = Nigel Godrich and Beck Hansen
Certification =
Chart position = * #39 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = "Deadweight"
(1997)
This single = "Tropicalia"
(1998)
Next single = "Cold Brains"
(1999)
Misc = "Tropicalia" is a song by Beck, from the 1998 album "Mutations". It was released as a single in the UK in December 1998. The b-side "Halo of Gold" is a drastically reworked cover version of "Furry Heroine (Halo of Gold)" by Skip Spence.

Track listings

7"

# "Tropicalia" – 3:23
# "Halo of Gold" – 4:29

CD

# "Tropicalia" – 3:23
# "Halo of Gold" – 4:29
# "Black Balloon" – 3:30

Personnel

*"Tropicalia" (Beck Hansen)
Produced by Nigel Godrich and Beck Hansen
Mixed by Nigel Godrich
Beck Hansen: vocals
Roger Joseph Manning Jr.: synthesizer, organ, percussion
Justin Meldal-Johnsen: acoustic bass, percussion
Joey Waronker: drums, percussion, synth drums
Smokey Hormel: percussion, cuíca, acoustic guitar
David Ralicke: flute, trombone

*"Halo of Gold" (Alexander Lee Spence)
Produced by Beck Hansen
Engineered by Beck Hansen and Mickey Petralia
Programming by Beck Hansen and Mickey Petralia
Beck Hansen: vocals, keyboards and guitars
Justin Meldal-Johnsen: bass
Roger Joseph Manning Jr.: keyboards

*"Black Balloon" (Beck Hansen)
Recorded by Beck Hansen
Programming, keyboards, bass by Beck Hansen

External links

*MusicBrainz album|id=eff6cbda-2375-4b6f-98b7-b0c9691ef0ba|name=Tropicalia