New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2

{{Infobox song

| name = New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2

| cover = Mogwai_helicon.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Mogwai

| album = Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997)

| A-side = New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1

| released = February 1997 (UK)

| recorded = MCM Studios
Hamilton, Scotland

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Post-rock

| length = 2:51

| label = Wurlitzer Jukebox
WJ 22 (UK, 7")

| composer =

| lyricist =

| producer = Andy Miller

| prev_title = Summer

| prev_title2 = Ithica 27ø9

| prev_year = 1996

| title = New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1

| title2 = New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2

| next_title = Club Beatroot, Part 4

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{Extra track listing

| album = Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997)

| type = single

| tracks =

1. "Summer"
2. "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2"
3. "Angels vs. Aliens"
4. "I Am Not Batman"
5. "Tuner"
6. "Ithica 27ø9"
7. "A Place for Parks"
8. "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1"
9. "End"

}}

{{Extra track listing

| album = Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003

| type = single

| tracks =

1. "Hunted by a Freak"
2. "R U Still in 2 It"
3. "New Paths to Helicon Pt II"
4. "Kappa"
5. "Cody"
6. "Like Herod"
7. "Secret Pint"
8. "Superheroes of BMX"
9. "New Paths to Helicon Pt I"
10. "Stop Coming to My House"

}}

}}

"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2" (almost always referred to as "Helicon 2") is a song by Scottish band Mogwai. It was first released as a double A-side with "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1", on 7" limited to 3000 copies.[http://brightlight.youngteam.co.uk/eng/discog_singles.php Mogwai Singles] on [http://brightlight.youngteam.co.uk/ brightlight.youngteam.co.uk] It was later included on the 1997 compilation album, Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997). The single reached #2 in English radio presenter John Peel's 1997 Festive Fifty Chart.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/festive50s/1990s/1997/ Festive Fifty: 1997 Chart] on [https://www.bbc.co.uk/ bbc.co.uk]