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It was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video. In the UK, there are two different versions of this video, the second replacing the violent conclusion with repeated clips from the previous section of the video, but it shows the confetti falling onto the band. The music video contains some mockery of horror in general instead of blood, there is red glitter and confetti and Karen O keeps singing while decapitated. The video then ends with the band having been murdered while Karen O continues singing, her head severed from her body. He then proceeds to chase after the audience and kills most of them. A light flashes halfway through the music video and the werewolf transforms. It features the band playing in a (presumably) underground venue when a dancing werewolf whose dancing is reminiscent of Michael Jackson (who died four days before the single was released) appears on stage. The music video for "Heads Will Roll" was directed by Richard Ayoade. "Roxy SFX 2" from the Mellotron M4000D Sound Card 02. “Heads Will Roll” has maintained an enduring presence in pop music. For instance, the A-Trax remix has appeared in the movies Project X (2012) and Goosebumps (2015), in addition to the videogame DJ Hero 2 (2010).The song is built around a vintage sounding string riff, which was sampled from a Mellotron sound card. Later in 2011, the cast of Glee performed this song, mashed-up with “ Thriller” (1982) by Michael Jackson (which the aforementioned video is said to have been inspired by). Said rendition broke onto the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and thus became the first track written by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to do so. Additionally it has been certified gold in Belgium, Germany and the UK. Meanwhile the track was more solidly successful, topping Billboard’s Hot Dance Singles Sales chart as well as the Ultratop 50 Flanders in Belgium. The Richard Ayoade-directed music video features a nod to Michael Jackson (who died just days before “Heads Will Roll” was released) and went on to be nominated for a MTV Video Music Awards. And the clip itself is also known for being quite graphic.
In fact Interscope had not intended to release this song as a single until the aforementioned remix rather blew up. This song was made public on 29 June 2009 as the second single from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ third album, It’s Blitz. It has become better known by its remix as rendered by a Canadian DJ named A-Trak, which also came out in 2009. And it is a bit strange, so to speak, that partygoers would take a liking to a song with such dark lyrics. And it should be noted that ravers happens to be some of the band’s biggest fans. It would therefore be strange for the band members to criticize this category of people.īut that being said, there is definitely some type of horror motif going on here. In other words, whereas the lyrics are intentionally macabre, there doesn’t seem to be any direct indication that the band actually meant it to be a criticism of ravers. And what we also know is that when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs wrote it, they were actually seeking to put together a tune that “was just fun to write”.
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