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Infra Red (song)

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Released
  
19 June 2006

Length
  
3:17

Producer(s)
  
Dimitri Tikovoi

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Label
  
Virgin Records

Writer(s)
  
Steve Hewitt Brian Molko Stefan Olsdal

"Infra-Red" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo, released on 19 June 2006 as the third single from their fifth studio album Meds.

Contents

Content

The words "beggar's banquet", featured in its lyrics, references the Rolling Stones' album of the same name.

The cover art is a blurred picture of bassist Stefan Olsdal.

Music video

The music video features businessmen apparently conspiring against the public. They observe a computer disk containing a graphic of a DNA molecule with a hazardous ligand. Meanwhile, a group of ants interfere with their computer equipment. A character, identified as a corporate executive president, gives a press conference with the help of a computerized prompter, but the ants' interference causes the prompter to say "I lied to you. We are the enemy", which the president reads.

Release

The song peaked at number 42 in the UK, number 35 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 91 in Germany.

It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. A live version of the song is available on the Live at La Cigale EP.

Track listing

7"
  1. "Infra-Red"
  2. "Infra-Red (Call the Ambulance Remix)"
CD
  1. "Infra-Red"
  2. "Infra-Red (Hotel Persona Remix)"
Maxi CD
  1. "Infra-Red"
  2. "Infra-Red (The Waltmann Remix)"
  3. "Song to Say Goodbye (River & Tears Remix)"
DVD single
  1. "Infra-Red" (video)
  2. "Song to Say Goodbye (Extended Video)"
  3. Behind the scenes footage and interviews from the "Infra-Red" video shoot
  4. "Song to Say Goodbye (River & Tears Remix)"

References

Infra-Red (song) Wikipedia
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