Romantic Rights
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{{Infobox song
| name = Romantic Rights
| cover = Dfarr.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Death from Above 1979
| album = You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
| released = November 4, 2004
| recorded = February{{snd}}April 2004
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Dance-punk
- hard rock
- {{nowrap|noise rock}}
}}
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=15}}
| label = 679
| writer = Sebastien Grainger
Jesse F. Keeler
| producer = Al-P
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Blood on Our Hands
| next_year = 2005
}}
"Romantic Rights" is the first single from Death from Above 1979's debut album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine. Released in 2004, it reached number 57 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13311/DEATH-FROM-ABOVE-1979/|title=DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}} Prior to the band's first name change, a self-titled extended play was released on April 13, 2004, consisting of four songs.
The song plays as the intro to, and throughout, the MTV show Human Giant. The song appears on the soundtrack for video games SSX On Tour and NBA 2K15, the latter which was curated by music producer Pharrell Williams.{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/13/pharrell-williams-nba-2k15-soundtrack-revealed|title=Pharrell Williams' NBA 2K15 Soundtrack Revealed|author=Williams, Katie|date=August 13, 2014|publisher=IGN|accessdate=April 27, 2015}} The band played "Romantic Rights" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, with Grainger drumming for the first half of the performance and Late Night's Max Weinberg on the same drum set for the second.{{Citation |title=Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights - Live on Conan O'Brien - 11/03/2005 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiqPcVyRhRQ |language=en |access-date=March 16, 2022}}
Track listing
= 7" vinyl =
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = Romantic Rights
| length1 = 3:18
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = Romantic Rights
| note1 = The Phones Lovers remix
| length1 = 4:41
}}679 – 679L090{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Death-From-Above-1979-Romantic-Rights/release/425985|title=Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights|website=Discogs}}
= 12" vinyl =
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = Romantic Rights
| note1 = Erol Alkan's Love from Below Re-Edit
| length1 = 6:21
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = Romantic Rights
| note1 = The Phones Lovers remix
| length1 = 4:41
| title2 = Romantic Rights
| note2 = Marczech Makuziak remix
| length2 = 3:57
Extended play
{{Infobox album
| name = Romantic Rights
| type = EP
| artist = Death from Above
| cover = DFA1979-romanticrights.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 13, 2004
| recorded = November 2003
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock
| length = 12:58
| label = Sound Virus Records
| producer =
| prev_title = Heads Up
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
| next_year = 2004
}}
The EP consists of four songs including two early versions of songs from You're a Woman, I'm a Machine, one song exclusive to the EP and a remix of the title track. It was released by Sound Virus Records in the United States.
=Track listing=
{{tracklist
| title1 = We Don't Sleep at Night
| length1 = 1:56
| title2 = Romantic Rights
| length2 = 2:57
| title3 = Pull Out
| length3 = 1:56
| title4 = Romantic Rights
|note4=Girlsareshort Remix
| length4 = 6:09
}}
=Personnel=
Death from Above
Additional
- Scott Soares – percussion on "Romantic Rights" (Girlsareshort Remix)
- Al Puodziukas – engineering, recording, production on "Romantic Rights" (Girlsareshort Remix)
- Dan Zabawa – recording and production on "Romantic Rights" (Girlsareshort Remix)
- Brian Roettinger – design
- Eva Michon – photography
Charts
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| Chart (2004)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{singlechart|UK|57|artist=Death from Above 1979|song=Romantic Rights|date=2004-11-13|accessdate=April 27, 2015|refname=uk-singles}} |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060924131853/http://vox.bandzoogle.com/users/deathfromabove1979/press.html Press reviews of Death from Above 1979]
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