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Marble House (song)

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Genre
  
Synthpop

"Marble House" (2006)
  
"Like a Pen" (2006)

Released
  
March 1, 2006 (Sweden) May 15, 2006 (Europe) February 17, 2007 (UK) February 20, 2007 (US)

Format
  
CD (Sweden) 12" (Europe) CD, 12", 7" (UK) CD, 12" (US)

Label
  
Rabid Records (Sweden) V2 Records/Cooperative Music (Europe) Brille Records (UK) Mute Records (US)

Writer(s)
  
The Knife, Jay-Jay Johanson

"Marble House" is a song by the Swedish electronic music duo The Knife from their third studio album Silent Shout (2006). It features contributing vocals from fellow Swedish singer Jay-Jay Johanson. The music video was directed by Chris Hopewell.

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Reception

CMJ New Music Monthly called the song a "real gem" with "playfully flirtatious lyrics", while the Guardian called it the "most commercial song" on the album, and described it as a "synth-pop Kurt Weill duet".

Music video

Two music videos have been made for this song, both of which can be found on the deluxe edition of Silent Shout. One depicts an early 20th-century or late 19th-century family. The second video depicts a day in the lives of a family of mice, who have built a fairly comfortable house behind a wall in a human house. It uses stop-motion animation.

Sweden CD track list

  1. "Marble House (Radio Edit)" - 3:33
  2. "Marble House (Album Version)" - 5:16
  3. "Marble House (PTR Remix)" - 3:43

Side A

  1. "Marble House (Rex the Dog Remix)" - 6:43
  2. "Marble House (Booka Shade's Polar Light Dub)" - 7:14

Side B

  1. "Marble House (Booka Shade Remix)" - 7:24
  2. "Marble House (PTR Remix)" - 3:43

UK CD track list

  1. "Marble House (Radio Edit)" - 3:45
  2. "Marble House (Rex the Dog Remix Edit)" - 3:24
  3. "Marble House (Rex the Dog Remix)" - 6:31
  4. "Marble House (Booka Shade Polar Light Remix)" - 7:49

UK 12" track list

  1. "Marble House (Emperor Machine Remix)"
  2. "Marble House (Booka Shade's Polar Light Remix)"

UK 7" track list

  1. "Marble House (Radio Edit)" - 3:45
  2. "Marble House (davidandrewsitek's KNIFEHORSE Remix)" - 4:13

US CD track list

  1. "Marble House (Radio Edit)"
  2. "Marble House (davidandrewsitek's KNIFEHORSE Remix)"
  3. "Marble House (Planningtorock Remix)"
  4. "Marble House (Emperor Machine Vox Edit)"
  5. "Marble House (Rex the Dog Remix)"
  6. "Marble House (Booka Shade Remix)"
  7. "Marble House" (Video)

Side A

  1. "Marble House (Rex the Dog Remix)"
  2. "Marble House (Booka Shade's Polar Light Remix)"

Side B

  1. "Marble House (Booka Shade Remix)"
  2. "Marble House (Planningtorock Remix)"

References

Marble House (song) Wikipedia
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