Released April 14, 2009 Genre Electronica Label Little Idiot
Mute | Recorded 2008–2009 Length 3:15 Writer(s) Moby | |
"Shot in the Back of the Head" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released as the first single from his ninth studio album, Wait for Me (2009). It was released as a free download on his website on April 15, 2009. The song features heavy synthsizer use and a repeating drum pattern.
Contents
The song received generally positive reviews.
Music video
The music video for the song, directed and animated by David Lynch, was released on April 14, 2009 on Pitchfork.tv. The video contains crude drawings of various objects and landscapes, such as cityscapes and factories. The music video's plot follows a man, whose lover is a woman's head. An unknown person shoots the man in the back of the head, murdering him. The woman's head jumps on the killer and murders him. The video concludes with drawings of the night sky as the video fades to black.
Use in popular culture
The song was used in the original soundtrack for the movie Charlie Countryman.