North American Scum

"North American Scum"
Single by LCD Soundsystem
from the album Sound of Silver
B-side	"Hippy Priest Bum-Out"
Released	26 February 2007
Format	1 CD, 1 7", 1 12", download
Genre	Dance-punk
Length	5:26 (Album Version) 3:46 (Radio Edit)
Label	DFA Records
Writer(s)	James Murphy
Producer	The DFA
LCD Soundsystem singles chronology
"Tribulations" (2005) "North American Scum" (2007) "All My Friends" (2007)

"North American Scum" is the first single from LCD Soundsystem's second album, Sound of Silver. It was released on February 26, 2007 as a digital download and on other formats on 5 March 2007. It reached #40 in the UK Singles Chart on 11 March 2007. The song was also featured in the 2008 film Step Brothers. The song is also frequently used to open up The Ron and Fez Show on XM Satellite Radio.

Track listings

CDS

1. "North American Scum"
2. "North American Scum" (Kris Menace Remix)
3. "North American Scum" (Onastic Dub Mix by James Murphy and Eric Broucek)
4. "Hippie Priest Bum-Out"
5. "North American Scum" (Video)

7"

A. "North American Scum"

B. "Hippie Priest Bum-Out"

12"

A1. "North American Scum"

A2. "North American Scum" (Kris Menace Remix)

B. "North American Scum" (Onastic Dub Mix by James Murphy and Eric Broucek)

Music video

The music video for "North American Scum" was directed by Ben Dickinson. It features James Murphy initially in a photo shoot, then entering space via a door, planting a DFA Records flag on the moon and engaging Pat Mahoney in a fight on the moon being cheered on by Tyler Pope and Nancy Whang, and finally leaving space through another door where he meets himself, Mahoney and Whang in a room filled with leaves.

External links

• North American Scum music video