Highly Evolved (song)

Highly Evolved (song)

Single infobox
Name = Highly Evolved


Released = April 22, 2002
Artist = The Vines
from Album = Highly Evolved
Format = Single
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Garage rock Alternative rock
Length = 1 min 34 s
Label = EMI/Capitol Records
Producer = Rob Schnapf
Last single = "Factory" (2001)
This single = "Highly Evolved" (2002)
Next single = "Get Free" (2002)|

"Highly Evolved" is the opening track and first single from The Vines' debut album of the same name (Highly Evolved). The song was written by Craig Nicholls.

Single Track List

# "Highly Evolved" (01:35)
# "Sunchild (Zen Demo)" (04:08)

Song

Clocking in at slightly over 90 seconds, "Highly Evolved" is the Vines' third shortest song (after "Gross Out" from their third album, "Vision Valley", and "Jamola" from their fourth album "Melodia"). The track's primary melody consists of four chords in E minor. It begins with a tribal beat, with bassist Patrick Matthews muting his notes slightly and Nicholls singing in a cool and collected manner. When the chorus comes in, the vocals become more abrasive, with Nicholls snarling like Johnny Rotten or Liam Gallagher. In the second verse, the vocals are overdubbed with Nicholls on two tracks: one similar to the first verse, and the second shifted up an octave. After the guitar solo, more guitar tracks are introduced before the song descends to just the drums before the final "highly evolved" lyric.

Video

The video for "Highly Evolved" has been described as 'the ultimate low rent video'. The video opens with the message "A lot can happen in 90 seconds, use your imagination" [ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=ppJAAC69uE8 YouTube - The Vines - Highly Evolved] ] in white letters on a black screen. Then, a pressure gauge appears and a timer begins to count down from 90 seconds in the lower right hand corner. In the last 30 seconds, the gauge goes into the red as the timer begins to buzz around the screen before "The Vines / Highly Evolved" appears as a title before the video ends.

Live performance

There have been many live performances of "Highly Evolved". The most noteworthy is regarded to be when it was performed on in 2002 (the world premiere televised live performance of the song). Other noteworthy performances were on Rove, where it was played together the band's other hit "Get Free" as well as an appearance on Top of the Pops in 2002.

Awards

Upon its release, "Highly Evolved" was made single of the week by "NME" magazine. It was also nominated for "Best Song" at the 2002 NME Awards and was placed at #30 on NME's Top 100 Best Songs of 2002.

Chart position

The song reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart.

References


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