Liquid Lives
{{Infobox song
| name = Liquid Lives
| cover = Release_liquidlives.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Hadouken!
| album = Music for an Accelerated Culture
| B-side = You Can't Be That
| released = 25 June 2007
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 2:48
| label = Surface Noise/Atlantic
| writer = Hadouken!
| producer = Bobby Harlow
| prev_title = That Boy That Girl
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Bounce
| next_year = 2007
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Second Artwork
| type = Single
| cover = Liquid_Lives.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = 3" CD single set in clear plastic disc
}}
}}
"Liquid Lives" is the second single by British band Hadouken!. The single reached the top 40 in the UK and currently the album's best selling single.
Background
The song deals with the binge drinking habits of the British people, and how it affects different people, like as quoted "a girl who gets date raped". Also mentioned is a man who "fell off his horse and shot himself", and "a drunk driver".{{cite web |last=Thorogood |first=Tom |title=Hadouken! Interview |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/hadouken/news/40342-hadouken-interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504030832/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/hadouken/news/40342-hadouken-interview |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 4, 2009 |date=26 June 2007 |work=MTVuk |publisher=MTV |accessdate=20 Sep 2009}}
Music video
Like previous single "That Boy That Girl", the video was directed and created by Bobby Harlow, and after the success of "That Boy That Girl", they decided to shoot a more professional video as previously the music video had been shot in a friend's bedroom.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}
The video works around the band playing in a club like room lite with UV lighting and paints, with "Hadouken!" written all over the walls as well as other art and writing. There are people dancing around the band, whilst covered in UV paint. The cameras are mounted on the band's instruments and equipment as well as some other points of the room.{{Cite web |title=Hadouken! - Liquid Lives |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZt_8-dr_w8 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824063619/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZt_8-dr_w8| archive-date=2009-08-24 | url-status=dead|date=6 June 2007 |work=Hadouken! |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=20 Sep 2009}}
Track listing
;CD single
- "Liquid Lives"
- "Liquid Lives" (Pirate Soundsystem's Headspin Remix)
;7"
:A: "Liquid Lives"
:B: "Liquid Lives" (Aaron La Crate Remix)
;Limited edition clear 7"
:A: "Liquid Lives"
:B: "You Can't Be That"
=Japan EP=
- "Liquid Lives"
- "That Boy That Girl"
- "Tuning In"
- "Liquid Lives" (Noisia Remix)
- "Tuning In" (H! Re-Rub)
- "That Boy That Girl" (video)
- "Liquid Lives" (video)
Chart performance
| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2007) !align="left"|Peak |
| align="left"|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|36{{cite web |title=Hadouken - Liquid Lives - Music Charts |url=http://acharts.us/song/26719 |date= |publisher=acharts.us |accessdate=20 Sep 2009}} |
References
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