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Over and Over (Hot Chip song)

"Over and Over" is the first single from English synthpop band Hot Chip's second studio album, The Warning. It was released twice in the UK in 2006 – first reaching number 32 in March and peaking at number 27 in October.

"Over and Over"
Single by Hot Chip
from the album The Warning
B-side
Released27 February 2006 (2006-02-27)
GenreElectropop[1]
Length5:47
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Hot Chip
Hot Chip singles chronology
"Playboy"
(2004) 		"Over and Over"
(2006) 		"Boy from School"
(2006)

Music video edit

The music video, directed by Nima Nourizadeh, features the band members in what appears to be a heavily special effects-laden production, effects which are rarely seen in the video, instead having the band members performing in a stylized green screen stage, with several bored-looking assistants in green bodysuits holding props (at one point, in an attempt to recreate a bicycle ride, moving trees around to create an illusion of movement). The video was preloaded on all first generation Zune 30 devices.

Artwork edit

The cover art, designed by Wallzo and Owen Clarke, uses the same pattern present in many of the other releases from The Warning.

Release and reception edit

The track first appeared in December 2004 on a studio mix by Radio Soulwax. The mix was broadcast in Australia, the UK (as the Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1), and in Belgium (as Hang The Year 2004 on Studio Brussel). The US release of "Over and Over" occurred on 29 November 2005 on DFA/Astralwerks. The B side, "Just Like We (Breakdown) [DFA Remix]", did not chart. EMI Records first released the song in the UK on 27 February 2006 and re-released it on 9 October 2006.[2] In Australia, the single was issued on 3 April 2006.[3]

Critical reception edit

NME described "Over and Over" as being an "insanely catchy kitchen-sink club-stomper". The lyrics "Laid-back? We'll give you laid-back" were described as a "thinly-veiled raised middle finger to detractors who considered them 'too chilled'".[4] NME also described it as "a rhapsodic, DFA-sized slice of smart pop."[5] Allmusic said that "Over and Over"'s "pulsing groove [is] suggestive of old stuff (Liquid Liquid) and new (the Rapture, WhoMadeWho)".[6]

The single was rated as the single of the year in 2006 by UK music magazine NME. In response to this, Alexis Taylor stated that he was proud and that it was "a very nice thing to happen after a year of working on [the] record, promoting it and playing it".[7] In 2009, Pitchfork Media ranked the track at number 45 on their decade-end list.[8] In 2011, NME placed it at number 7 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[9]

Track listings edit

First release edit

CD

  1. "Over and Over"
  2. "A Family in Here"
  3. "Over and Over" (Justus Köhncke's Baking Horse Club Mix)
  4. "Over and Over" (video)

7-inch

  1. "Over and Over"
  2. "The Girl In Me"

Second release edit

CD1

  1. "Over and Over"
  2. "Grubbs"

CD2

  1. "Over and Over"
  2. "Sexual Healing"
  3. "Over and Over" [Mock & Toof Dub]

12-inch

  1. "Over and Over" [Maurice Fulton Dub]
  2. "Over and Over" [Mock & Toof Dub]
  3. "Just Like We (Breakdown)" [Booka Shade Vocal Mix]
  4. "Just Like We (Breakdown)" [Booka Shade Dub Mix]

7-inch

  1. "Over and Over" [Maida Vale Session Version]
  2. "Sexual Healing"

Charts edit

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australia Hitseekers (ARIA)[10] 7
Australian Dance (ARIA)[11] 17
Scotland (OCC)[12] 21
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 27

References edit

  1. ^ Mitchell, Matt (21 July 2023). "The 50 Greatest Synth-Pop Albums of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 25 February 2006. p. 29.
  3. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 3rd April 2006" (PDF). ARIA. 3 April 2006. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ Worthy, Stephen (19 May 2006). "Hot Chip: The Warning". NME. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Hot Chip: Over And Over". NME. 24 February 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  6. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Over and Over - Hot Chip - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Hot Chip named track of the year". NME. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  8. ^ "Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 50 - 21". Pitchfork Media. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  9. ^ "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". NME. 6 October 2011.
  10. ^ "The ARIA Report: ARIA Hitseekers – Week Commencing 10th April 2006" (PDF). ARIA. 10 April 2006. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Issue 847" ARIA Top 50 Dance Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

External links edit

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