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"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.
Contents
Track listings
CDS
- "North American Scum"
- "North American Scum" (Kris Menace Remix)
- "North American Scum" (Onastic Dub Mix by James Murphy and Eric Broucek)
- "Hippie Priest Bum-Out"
- "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.
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James Murphy · Nancy Whang · Pat Mahoney · Al Doyle · Gavin Russom · Phil Skarich
Tyler Pope · David Scott Stone · Phil MossmanStudio albums Other albums Singles "Losing My Edge" · "Give It Up" · "Yeah" · "Movement" · "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" · "Disco Infiltrator" · "Tribulations" · "North American Scum" · "All My Friends" · "Someone Great" · "Time to Get Away" · "Big Ideas" · "Bye Bye Bayou" · "Pow Pow" · "Drunk Girls" · "I Can Change" · "Throw"Related articles Categories:- LCD Soundsystem songs
- 2007 singles
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