"Aviation" | ||||
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Single by The Last Shadow Puppets | ||||
from the album Everything You've Come to Expect | ||||
Released | 16 March 2016 | |||
Length | 3:43 | |||
Label | Domino | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | James Ford | |||
The Last Shadow Puppets singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Aviation" on YouTube |
"Aviation" is the third single by English band The Last Shadow Puppets from their second studio album, Everything You've Come to Expect. It was released on 16 March 2016 on Domino Records. [1]
In 2014, Kane and Turner were on the process of writing, what at the time, was thought to be Kane's next album. During one of those writing sessions, both "experimented with a vocal harmony" on a 8-track demo, which would later become "Aviation," this reminded them of their work on The Age of the Understament. [2] [3] [4] The song was written in London, and Turner came up with the riff on New Year's Day. [5]
The track, begins with an "echoing scrape of strings." [6] Its first verse references sectoral heterochromia, an eye condition in which part of one iris is a different color from its remainder. Its second verse uses the term " coke-head close" to describe a woman, under the influence of the drug, loudly talking to the narrator. Turner wanted to use the word "Colorama" in a song since the first time he saw Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up (1966), he described it as, "an unplugged neon light at the back of my mind for years," [7] about the line he added, "It doesn't make a ton of sense, but that's not really the point. "I think, not always, but sometimes it's good to just have the lyrics facilitate a melody, like, that's harder to do, [...] — getting the fuckin’ ‘ I Am The Walrus’ shit right." [8] Musically, the track's been described as coming closest to the " Lee Hazlewood-indebted style" of their first record. [9]
The music video for "Aviation" features Turner and Kane digging holes on a beach as a man approaches in a car with a woman in bridal clothing. Kane turns and kisses the man, and a fight ensues before the woman runs down the beach and Turner and Kane are buried in the holes by the man's associates. The video serves as a prequel to the music video for " Everything You've Come to Expect". [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
The video was shot at Point Dume, Malibu. It was directed by Saam Farahmand and filmed in 16mm. Chung Chung-hoon served as DoP. [15]
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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UK Singles ( Official Charts Company) [17] | 150 |
"Aviation" | ||||
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![]() | ||||
Single by The Last Shadow Puppets | ||||
from the album Everything You've Come to Expect | ||||
Released | 16 March 2016 | |||
Length | 3:43 | |||
Label | Domino | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | James Ford | |||
The Last Shadow Puppets singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Music video | ||||
"Aviation" on YouTube |
"Aviation" is the third single by English band The Last Shadow Puppets from their second studio album, Everything You've Come to Expect. It was released on 16 March 2016 on Domino Records. [1]
In 2014, Kane and Turner were on the process of writing, what at the time, was thought to be Kane's next album. During one of those writing sessions, both "experimented with a vocal harmony" on a 8-track demo, which would later become "Aviation," this reminded them of their work on The Age of the Understament. [2] [3] [4] The song was written in London, and Turner came up with the riff on New Year's Day. [5]
The track, begins with an "echoing scrape of strings." [6] Its first verse references sectoral heterochromia, an eye condition in which part of one iris is a different color from its remainder. Its second verse uses the term " coke-head close" to describe a woman, under the influence of the drug, loudly talking to the narrator. Turner wanted to use the word "Colorama" in a song since the first time he saw Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up (1966), he described it as, "an unplugged neon light at the back of my mind for years," [7] about the line he added, "It doesn't make a ton of sense, but that's not really the point. "I think, not always, but sometimes it's good to just have the lyrics facilitate a melody, like, that's harder to do, [...] — getting the fuckin’ ‘ I Am The Walrus’ shit right." [8] Musically, the track's been described as coming closest to the " Lee Hazlewood-indebted style" of their first record. [9]
The music video for "Aviation" features Turner and Kane digging holes on a beach as a man approaches in a car with a woman in bridal clothing. Kane turns and kisses the man, and a fight ensues before the woman runs down the beach and Turner and Kane are buried in the holes by the man's associates. The video serves as a prequel to the music video for " Everything You've Come to Expect". [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
The video was shot at Point Dume, Malibu. It was directed by Saam Farahmand and filmed in 16mm. Chung Chung-hoon served as DoP. [15]
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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UK Singles ( Official Charts Company) [17] | 150 |