eez-eh

{{Infobox song

| name = Eez-eh

| cover = Kasabian Eez-eh.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Kasabian

| album = 48:13

| B-side = beanz

| released = {{Start date|2014|04|29|df=yes}}

| recorded = 2013 in London, England

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{flat list|

Dance-rock{{cite web|url=http://www.bimbamboolife.co.uk/kasabians-new-video-eez-eh/|title=Kasabians new video Eez-Eh|date=1 May 2014|work=Bimbamboo Life|accessdate=4 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810151613/http://www.bimbamboolife.co.uk/kasabians-new-video-eez-eh/|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=dead}}
indie pop
electronic rock{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=Andy |date=29 May 2014 |title=Album reviews: Kasabian, Parquet Courts, Martin & Eliza Carthy, Holland Dozier Holland, Ethan Johns, James |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-kasabian-parquet-courts-martin-eliza-carthy-holland-dozier-holland-ethan-johns-james-9454520.html |website=Independent}}

}}

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=00}}

| label = {{flatlist|

}}

| writer = Sergio Pizzorno

| producer = Sergio Pizzorno

| prev_title = Man of Simple Pleasures

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = Bumblebeee

| next_year = 2014

}}

"Eez-eh" (stylised as "eez-eh") is a song by English rock band Kasabian from their fifth studio album, 48:13. The song was released as the lead single to promote the album{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/kasabian/76964 |title=Kasabian announce 'stripped back' new album, '48:13' – full details |work=NME |date=28 April 2014 |accessdate=28 April 2014}} on 29 April 2014.

Composition

The single embraces a slight change in style for Kasabian, resembling electronic dance music more than their previous work. In an interview, Pizzorno revealed that the song's production was inspired by Giorgio Moroder, who had said 120 bpm was a "magic tempo".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/nme-video/kasabian-eez-eh-is-an-invite-to-a-whole-other-world/3515272827001 |title=Kasabian: '{{'}}Eez-Eh' Is An Invite To A Whole Other World video |work=NME |accessdate=1 June 2014}}

The song's title is derived from the pronunciation of the word "easy" in the local accent of Leicester, the band's hometown. Meighan described the song as a "working class anthem" and said he would like the song to have the same effect on people as "Born Slippy", a well-known 1996 number two single by electronic group Underworld.{{cite web|url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/artists/kasabian/news/tom-eez-eh-is-like-born-slippy-but-better/ |title=Kasabian: eez-eh is like Born Slippy but better |publisher=XFM |accessdate=1 June 2014}}

Commenting on the song's lyrics, which include lines such as "I've got the feeling that I'm gonna keep you up all night", Pizzorno said, "It's more a conversation that me and [Meighan] might have at five or six in the morning. There have been so many nights in hotel rooms where me and Tom will stay up all night talking and it's about that."{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/eez-eh-track-review-have-kasabian-still-got-it |title='Eez-Eh' Track Review: Have Kasabian Still Got It? |first=Rhian |last=Daly |work=NME |date=28 April 2014 |accessdate=7 June 2014}}

The lyric "everyone's on bugle" is often replaced with the previous line "every day is brutal" on some versions, such as the official music video and radio edit, as "bugle" is a slang term for cocaine.

Promotion and release

The group performed "Eez-eh" along with two other tracks from 48:13 – "Bumblebeee" and "Stevie" – on Later... with Jools Holland on 13 May 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Nwgx2OqgY |title=Kasabian - eez-eh - Later... with Jools Holland - BBC Two |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=1 June 2014}} After being released in April throughout Europe and in Australia, the single was released in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2014. A second version of the single, containing the B-side "Beanz", was released digitally on 3 June 2014. The band also performed the single on The Graham Norton Show on 13 June 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Graham-Norton-BBC1-tonight-Samuel-L-Jackson-Keira/story-21232405-detail/story.html|title=The Graham Norton Show on BBC1 tonight with Samuel L Jackson, Keira Knightley, Jenson Button & Kasabian|work=Scunthorpe Telegraph|accessdate=4 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113908/http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Graham-Norton-BBC1-tonight-Samuel-L-Jackson-Keira/story-21232405-detail/story.html|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}} The band also performed the track at Glastonbury Festival 2014. Live performances of the track are usually extended.

Reception

According to NME magazine, the song is "pure '90s rave."{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/15251 |title=20 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week (23/4/2014) |work=NME |date=22 April 2014 |accessdate=7 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705183819/http://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/15251 |archive-date=5 July 2014 |url-status=dead }} Rhian Daly also noted that the track is "far from being a serious take on the world's issues," and Kasabian keeps things "tongue-in-cheek, cartoon-like and – most importantly – fun."

Antiquiet.com described the song as "without a doubt the most electronic-tinged release since the band's breakthrough self-titled first album."{{cite web|url=http://www.antiquiet.com/music/2014/04/kasabian-announce-new-album-4813-stream-the-first-single-eez-eh-here/ |title=Kasabian Announce New Album '48:13', Stream The First Single 'eez-eh' Here |publisher=Antiquiet.com |date=28 April 2014 |accessdate=7 June 2014}}

Music video

A music video for the song was released onto YouTube on 29 April 2014. It was directed by Aitor Throup, who also designs sets for live shows and artwork.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST6nEvIEY4s |title=Kasabian - eez-eh |publisher=YouTube |date=29 April 2014 |accessdate=30 May 2014}} The video features Swedish actress Noomi Rapace.{{cite web|url=http://noomi-rapace.info/?p=6131 |title= Noomi features in new Kasabian video |publisher=noomi-rapace.info |date=1 May 2014 |accessdate=2 June 2014}}

The video features the band dancing and posing in front of a large karaoke screen showing the lyrics of the song. Segments of the video see the members jumping up and down in a line, ornaments of various animals and frontman Tom Meighan spitting milk into the lens of the camera. Sergio Pizzorno appears both wearing a '48:13' T-shirt and without a shirt, often also wearing large foam hands.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST6nEvIEY4s|title=Kasabian - eez-eh|work=YouTube|accessdate=4 October 2014}} Bassist Chris Edwards also appears, at one stage wearing a Groucho Marx disguise and smoking a cigar, and drummer Ian Matthews appears, wearing a snapback with pipes connected to his mouth.

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Digital download – {{nobold|Version 1}}

| title1 = eez-eh

| length1 = 3:00

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{{track listing

| headline = Digital download – {{nobold|Version 2}}

| title1 = eez-eh

| length1 = 2:59

| title2 = beanz

| length2 = 4:41

}}

Personnel

Kasabian

Tom Meighan – lead vocals
Sergio Pizzorno – co-lead vocals, synthesizers, programming, percussion
Chris Edwards – bass guitar
Ian Matthews – drums

Additional personnel

Tim Carter – guitar

Charts

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!Chart (2014)

!Peak
position

{{singlechart|Flanders Tip|30|artist=Kasabian|song=Eez-eh|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 April 2014}}

{{singlechart|Wallonia Tip|29|artist=Kasabian|song=Eez-eh|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 June 2014}}

{{singlechart|Ireland3|38|artist=Kasabian|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 January 2020}}

{{singlechart|ItalyFIMI|40|year=2014|week=24|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 April 2015|chartid=1830}}

{{singlechart|Billboardjapanhot100|30|artist=Kasabian|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 July 2014}}

{{singlechart|Scotland|11|date=20140614|rowheader=true|accessdate=8 June 2014}}

{{singlechart|UK|22|date=20140614|rowheader=true|accessdate=8 June 2014}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Kasabian|title=Eez-Eh|award=Silver|relyear=2014|certyear=2019|accessdate=31 May 2019|id=15696-477-1}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

Release history

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scope="row"\| Australia{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/eez-eh-single/868182974 \|title=eez-eh - Single by Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (AU) \|access-date=30 May 2014}} \| rowspan="11"\| 29 April 2014 \| rowspan="15"\| Sony Music \| rowspan="12"\| Digital download (Version 1)
scope="row"\| Austria{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/at/album/eez-eh-single/868182974 \|title="eez-eh - Single" von Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (AT) \|language=German \|access-date=30 May 2014}}
scope="row"\| Belgium{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/be/album/eez-eh-single/868182974 \|title=eez-eh - Single by Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (BE) \|access-date=30 May 2014}}
scope="row"\| France{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/eez-eh-single/868182974 \|title=eez-eh - Single par Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (FR) \|language=French \|access-date=30 May 2014}}
scope="row"\| Germany{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/eez-eh-single/868182974 \|title="eez-eh - Single" von Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (DE) \|language=German \|access-date=30 May 2014}}
scope="row"\| Ireland{{cite web\|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/eez-eh-single/id868182974 \|title=eez-eh - Single by Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (IE) \|accessdate=30 May 2014}}{{dead link\|date=March 2025\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}
scope="row"\| Italy{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/eez-eh-single/868182974 \|title=eez-eh - Single di Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (IT) \|language=Italian \|access-date=30 May 2014}}
scope="row"\| Netherlands{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/nl/album/eez-eh-single/868182974 \|title='eez-eh - Single' van Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (NL) \|access-date=30 May 2014}}
scope="row"\| Norway{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/no/album/eez-eh-single/868182974 \|title=eez-eh - Single by Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (NO) \|access-date=30 May 2014}}
scope="row"\| Poland{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/pl/album/eez-eh-single/868182974 \|title=eez-eh - Single by Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (PL) \|access-date=30 May 2014}}
scope="row"\| Sweden{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/se/album/eez-eh-single/868182974 \|title=eez-eh - Single av Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (SE) \|language=Swedish \|access-date=30 May 2014}}
scope="row"\| United Kingdom{{cite web\|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/eez-eh-single/id868182974 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016115207/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/eez-eh-single/id868182974 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=16 October 2014 \|title=eez-eh - Single by Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (GB) \|accessdate=30 May 2014}} \| 1 June 2014
scope="row"\| Australia{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/eez-eh-single/864198921 \|title=eez-eh - Single by Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (AU) \|access-date=5 June 2014}} \| rowspan="3"\| 3 June 2014 \| rowspan="3"\| Digital download (Version 2)
scope="row"\| Italy{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/eez-eh-single/864198921 \|title=eez-eh - Single di Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (IT) \|language=Italian \|access-date=5 June 2014}}
scope="row"\| United Kingdom{{cite web\|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/eez-eh-single/id864198921 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824021752/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/eez-eh-single/id864198921 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=24 August 2014 \|title=eez-eh - Single by Kasabian \|publisher=iTunes (GB) \|accessdate=5 June 2014}}

References

Category:2014 singles

Category:2014 songs

Category:Kasabian songs

Category:Songs written by Sergio Pizzorno

Category:Black-and-white music videos