Helicopter
Bloc Party - Helicopter
(3:39)2,316,800 plays (324,460 listeners)
Lyrics
North to South
Empty
Running on
Bravado
As if to say, as if to say
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About this track
“Helicopter” is a song by British indie rock band Bloc Party. It was first released as a single from their 2004 EP Little Thoughts on October 25, 2004 in Europe and released again on February 21, 2006 in the US.
It was rumored to be about George W. Bush being elected president of U.S.A., but the band has denied this, with lead singer Kele Okereke telling press it was partially about himself.
There are two videos for the song. A European video was produced, filmed in black and white, featuring shaky and fuzzy shots. But in the U.S., the video for “The Pioneers” was edited and used as the video for “Helicopter”.
“Helicopter” is featured in several video games (FIFA 06, Burnout Revenge, Marc Eckō’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, Project Gotham Racing 3 and as a playable track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero: On Tour). Portions of the song have also been used in television shows (Malcolm in the Middle, The Friday Night Project) and films (Grandma’s Boy and the surfing film Campaign 2).
It was rumored to be about George W. Bush being elected president of U.S.A., but the band has denied this, with lead singer Kele Okereke telling press it was partially about himself.
There are two videos for the song. A European video was produced, filmed in black and white, featuring shaky and fuzzy shots. But in the U.S., the video for “The Pioneers” was edited and used as the video for “Helicopter”.
“Helicopter” is featured in several video games (FIFA 06, Burnout Revenge, Marc Eckō’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, Project Gotham Racing 3 and as a playable track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero: On Tour). Portions of the song have also been used in television shows (Malcolm in the Middle, The Friday Night Project) and films (Grandma’s Boy and the surfing film Campaign 2).
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Shouts
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macgroover wrote:
The remixed version of this song is great too.
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dani_bskt wrote:
the best song!!! WE LOVE IT!
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xn____nx wrote:
love it .
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xCarnageV1 wrote:
lol geetar hiro.
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HerbertG wrote:
If you want a song to luft-guitar with, this is the one. My friends luft-drum and luft-bass along with me!
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VivaEspana2008 wrote:
why isn't this great song available at last.fm?
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JejuneKids wrote:
agreed
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creeco wrote:
Best track of theirs for sure ;)
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alfonsoo wrote:
fuck. i love this song!
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monangh wrote:
such a good one http://groove-bay.com/
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Helicopter89 wrote:
la letra de la cancion no tiene sentido pero es brutal
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watchaharry wrote:
I've lost my copy of Silent Alarm, and I'm gutted :( Thanks goodness for Last.fm :) x
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jessmyboickot wrote:
Perfc@ music................♪♪♪
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Pennystrike wrote:
looking at the new songs its obvious imo its about bush anyway
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Pennystrike wrote:
It has been speculated that this song is about US president George W. Bush because of the lyrics "Just like his dad, the same mistakes" and "Are you hoping for a miracle?" but these claims have been denied by the band on multiple occasions.
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PitLine810 wrote:
GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!!
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wtfnaj wrote:
First Bloc Party track I ever heard... still love it!
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carson-globe wrote:
" Note to self..." too many good lyric stings to count in this tune!
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Wjen wrote:
planrawsto: THAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME! I'm cleaning it off as I type!
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tollcollect wrote:
could listen to this 4ever
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