Cellphone's Dead

Infobox Single
Name = Cellphone's Dead


Artist = Beck
from Album = The Information
B-side =
Released = 2 October 2006 (UK)
3 October 2006 (US)
Format =
Recorded = Winter 2003 – Spring 2006
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:46
Label = Interscope Records
Writer =
Producer = Nigel Godrich
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Nausea"
(2006)
This single = "Cellphone's Dead"
(2006)
Next single = "Think I'm in Love"
(2006)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = The Information
Type = studio
Tracks =
# "Elevator Music"
# "Think I'm in Love"
# "Cellphone's Dead"
# "Strange Apparition"
# "Soldier Jane"
# "Nausea"
# "New Round"
# "Dark Star"
# "We Dance Alone"
# "No Complaints"
# "1000BPM"
# "Motorcade"
# "The Information"
# "Movie Theme"
# "The Horrible Fanfare/Landslide/Exoskeleton""Cellphone's Dead" is a song and single by Beck on "The Information".

Track listing

#"Cellphone's Dead" - 4:40
#"O Menina" - 2:08

Musical structure

The song starts with acoustic guitars and percussion. Then a bass guitar riff comes in and Beck starts rapping. The acoustic guitar and percussion section comes back in for the chorus. There is a piano melody played throughout the song. The song is similar to the song "Hell Yes" off of his previous album "Guero" in terms of structure and musical style.

The opening bass riff is reminiscent of "Chameleon" by jazz artist Herbie Hancock from his 1973 record Head Hunters. Although it has been theorized that the bassline is a sample, it is indeed a re-recording.